#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
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 218)
HSL	hsl(185, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -32.34, -17.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 36.65, 208.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.1066 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.117 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7274, 49.8786, 74.0080)
Luminance	0.4988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42CDDA	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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