#42CED5#42CED5

#42CED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.117 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CED5
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(183, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -34.27, -14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 37.15, 202.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.1097 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.117 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3230, 50.1007, 70.6940)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CED5 #D54942

analogous

#42D592 #42CED5 #4285D5

triadic

#42CED5 #D542CE #CED542

tetradic

#42CED5 #9242D5 #D54942 #85D542

square

#42CED5 #9242D5 #D54942 #85D542

split-complementary

#42CED5 #D54285 #D59242

monochromatic

#1C7B80 #28ACB2 #42CED5 #74DBE0 #A6E8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#42CED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#42CED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CED5

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CED5	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)

#BFC5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB5D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.117 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdde1',
    500: '#42ced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ced5;
$custom-light: #8bdde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.857,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78124,
    "c": 0.11666,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CED5

secondary

#873834

accent

#4941E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CED5

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

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