#42CED0#42CED0

#42CED0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.117 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CED0
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 208)
HSL	hsl(181, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -35.71, -11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 37.63, 198.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.1118 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.117 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6981, 49.8508, 67.4030)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CED0 #D04442

analogous

#42D08B #42CED0 #4287D0

triadic

#42CED0 #D042CE #CED042

tetradic

#42CED0 #8B42D0 #D04442 #87D042

square

#42CED0 #8B42D0 #D04442 #87D042

split-complementary

#42CED0 #D04287 #D08B42

monochromatic

#1E7879 #2AA9AA #42CED0 #73DBDC #A4E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#42CED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#42CED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CED0

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CED0	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C4D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB5D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ced0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.117 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8addde',
    500: '#42ced0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ced0;
$custom-light: #8addde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ced0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.845,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77949,
    "c": 0.11655,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CED0

secondary

#D59999

accent

#4744E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CED0

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

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