#42CDDA#42CDDA

#42CDDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.117 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CDDA
RGBrgb(66, 205, 218)
HSLhsl(185, 67%, 56%)
HSVhsv(185, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.7%, 6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(75.99, -32.34, -17.24)
CIE-LCHlch(75.99, 36.65, 208.05°)
OKLaboklab(78.07% -0.1066 -0.0478)
OKLCHoklch(78.07% 0.117 204.2)
XYZxyz(36.7274, 49.8786, 74.0080)
Luminance0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CDDA #DA4F42
analogous
#42DA9B #42CDDA #4281DA
triadic
#42CDDA #DA42CD #CDDA42
tetradic
#42CDDA #9B42DA #DA4F42 #81DA42
square
#42CDDA #9B42DA #DA4F42 #81DA42
split-complementary
#42CDDA #DA4281 #DA9B42
monochromatic
#1A7E87 #24AEBA #42CDDA #75DBE4 #A8E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91
#42CDDA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98
#42CDDA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDDA
10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CDDA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CDDA1.001.9110.9810.98
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9821.001.001.00
##00000010.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDC5DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A7B4DB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D5D1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42cdda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.117 204.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdce5',
    500: '#42cdda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42cdda;
$custom-light: #8bdce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42cdda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.132,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78066,
    "c": 0.11686,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CDDA
secondary
#DBA29C
accent
#4C3EEA
background
#F9FDFE
surface
#F2FBFC
border
#CCD4D5
text
#0D1515
muted
#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDDA

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#42CDDA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva