#42CDD8#42CDD8

#42CDD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.117 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDD8
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 216)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -32.93, -16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 36.72, 206.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.1074 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.117 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4673, 49.7745, 72.6379)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDD8 #D84D42

analogous

#42D898 #42CDD8 #4282D8

triadic

#42CDD8 #D842CD #CDD842

tetradic

#42CDD8 #9842D8 #D84D42 #82D842

square

#42CDD8 #9842D8 #D84D42 #82D842

split-complementary

#42CDD8 #D84282 #D89842

monochromatic

#1B7D84 #26ACB7 #42CDD8 #75DAE2 #A7E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42CDD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#42CDD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDD8

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDD8	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.117 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdce4',
    500: '#42cdd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdd8;
$custom-light: #8bdce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77993,
    "c": 0.11653,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDD8

secondary

#DAA09C

accent

#4C3FE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDD8

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

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