#42CDDE#42CDDE

#42CDDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.118 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CDDE
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 222)
HSL	hsl(187, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(187, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 7.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.12, -31.16, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.12, 36.60, 211.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.105 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.118 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.2572, 50.0905, 76.7979)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CDDE #DE5342

analogous

#42DEA1 #42CDDE #427FDE

triadic

#42CDDE #DE42CD #CDDE42

tetradic

#42CDDE #A142DE #DE5342 #7FDE42

square

#42CDDE #A142DE #DE5342 #7FDE42

split-complementary

#42CDDE #DE427F #DEA142

monochromatic

#19808D #22B0C1 #42CDDE #76DBE7 #AAE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#42CDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#42CDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CDDE

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CDDE	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.118 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdce8',
    500: '#42cdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cdde;
$custom-light: #8bdce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.538,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78214,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CDDE

secondary

#923C32

accent

#4E3BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CDDE

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

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