#42CED3#42CED3

#42CED3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.117 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CED3
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 211)
HSL	hsl(182, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 2.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -34.85, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 37.32, 200.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.05% -0.1105 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(78.05% 0.117 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0707, 49.9998, 69.3653)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CED3 #D34742

analogous

#42D390 #42CED3 #4286D3

triadic

#42CED3 #D342CE #CED342

tetradic

#42CED3 #9042D3 #D34742 #86D342

square

#42CED3 #9042D3 #D34742 #86D342

split-complementary

#42CED3 #D34286 #D39042

monochromatic

#1D7A7D #29AAAF #42CED3 #74DBDF #A5E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#42CED3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#42CED3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CED3

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CED3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CED3	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C5D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB5D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ced3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.117 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adde0',
    500: '#42ced3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ced3;
$custom-light: #8adde0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ced3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.069,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78053,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CED3

secondary

#853734

accent

#4842E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CED3

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

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