#42CDD7#42CDD7

#42CDD7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.116 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDD7
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 215)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 4.7%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.90, -33.22, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.90, 36.77, 205.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.1078 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.116 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.3384, 49.7230, 71.9591)
Luminance	0.4973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDD7 #D74C42

analogous

#42D797 #42CDD7 #4282D7

triadic

#42CDD7 #D742CD #CDD742

tetradic

#42CDD7 #9742D7 #D74C42 #82D742

square

#42CDD7 #9742D7 #D74C42 #82D742

split-complementary

#42CDD7 #D74282 #D79742

monochromatic

#1C7C83 #26ACB5 #42CDD7 #75DAE2 #A7E8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42CDD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#42CDD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDD7

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDD7	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC4D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.116 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdce3',
    500: '#42cdd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdd7;
$custom-light: #8bdce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.027,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77957,
    "c": 0.11639,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDD7

secondary

#DA9F9B

accent

#4B40E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDD7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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