#42CDDB#42CDDB

#42CDDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.117 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDDB
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 219)
HSL	hsl(185, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 6.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -32.05, -17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 36.63, 208.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.1062 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.117 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8587, 49.9311, 74.6992)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDDB #DB5042

analogous

#42DB9C #42CDDB #4280DB

triadic

#42CDDB #DB42CD #CDDB42

tetradic

#42CDDB #9C42DB #DB5042 #80DB42

square

#42CDDB #9C42DB #DB5042 #80DB42

split-complementary

#42CDDB #DB4280 #DB9C42

monochromatic

#1A7E89 #24AEBC #42CDDB #75DBE5 #A9E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#42CDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#42CDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDDB

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDDB	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.117 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdce6',
    500: '#42cddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cddb;
$custom-light: #8bdce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.49,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78103,
    "c": 0.11705,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDDB

secondary

#DCA29D

accent

#4D3DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDDB

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

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