#42CDD9#42CDD9

#42CDD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.117 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDD9
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 217)
HSL	hsl(185, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, -32.64, -16.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 36.68, 207.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.107 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.117 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5970, 49.8264, 73.3209)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDD9 #D94E42

analogous

#42D999 #42CDD9 #4281D9

triadic

#42CDD9 #D942CD #CDD942

tetradic

#42CDD9 #9942D9 #D94E42 #81D942

square

#42CDD9 #9942D9 #D94E42 #81D942

split-complementary

#42CDD9 #D94281 #D99942

monochromatic

#1B7D86 #25ADB9 #42CDD9 #75DAE3 #A8E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#42CDD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#42CDD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDD9

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDD9	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.117 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdce4',
    500: '#42cdd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdd9;
$custom-light: #8bdce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.768,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7803,
    "c": 0.11668,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDD9

secondary

#DBA19C

accent

#4C3EE9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDD9

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

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