#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
RGBrgb(66, 206, 211)
HSLhsl(182, 62%, 54%)
HSVhsv(182, 69%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 2.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(76.07, -34.85, -13.35)
CIE-LCHlch(76.07, 37.32, 200.96°)
OKLaboklab(78.05% -0.1105 -0.037)
OKLCHoklch(78.05% 0.117 198.5)
XYZxyz(36.0707, 49.9998, 69.3653)
Luminance0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##42CED31.001.9111.0011.00
#FFFFFF1.911.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0021.001.001.00
##00000011.0021.001.001.00

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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#42CED3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva