#42CED4#42CED4

#42CED4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.117 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CED4
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 212)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -34.56, -13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 37.23, 201.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.1101 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.117 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1965, 50.0501, 70.0276)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CED4 #D44842

analogous

#42D491 #42CED4 #4285D4

triadic

#42CED4 #D442CE #CED442

tetradic

#42CED4 #9142D4 #D44842 #85D442

square

#42CED4 #9142D4 #D44842 #85D442

split-complementary

#42CED4 #D44285 #D49142

monochromatic

#1D7B7F #28ABB1 #42CED4 #74DBDF #A6E8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#42CED4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#42CED4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CED4

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CED4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CED4	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)

#BFC5D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB5D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ced4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.117 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdde1',
    500: '#42ced4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ced4;
$custom-light: #8bdde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ced4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.466,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78089,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CED4

secondary

#863734

accent

#4942E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CED4

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

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