#42CDDD#42CDDD

#42CDDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.117 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDDD
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 221)
HSL	hsl(186, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 7.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -31.46, -18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 36.60, 210.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.1054 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.117 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1236, 50.0370, 76.0942)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDDD #DD5242

analogous

#42DDA0 #42CDDD #4280DD

triadic

#42CDDD #DD42CD #CDDD42

tetradic

#42CDDD #A042DD #DD5242 #80DD42

square

#42CDDD #A042DD #DD5242 #80DD42

split-complementary

#42CDDD #DD4280 #DDA042

monochromatic

#19808C #22AFBF #42CDDD #76DBE6 #AAE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#42CDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#42CDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDDD

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDDD	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.117 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdce7',
    500: '#42cddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cddd;
$custom-light: #8bdce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.194,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78177,
    "c": 0.11749,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDDD

secondary

#913C32

accent

#4E3BEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDDD

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

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