#42CED6#42CED6

#42CED6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.117 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CED6
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 214)
HSL	hsl(183, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 3.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -33.99, -14.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 37.08, 203.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.1092 -0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.117 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4503, 50.1517, 71.3645)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CED6 #D64A42

analogous

#42D694 #42CED6 #4284D6

triadic

#42CED6 #D642CE #CED642

tetradic

#42CED6 #9442D6 #D64A42 #84D642

square

#42CED6 #9442D6 #D64A42 #84D642

split-complementary

#42CED6 #D64284 #D69442

monochromatic

#1C7C82 #27ACB4 #42CED6 #74DBE1 #A7E8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#42CED6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#42CED6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CED6

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CED6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CED6	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ced6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.117 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdde2',
    500: '#42ced6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ced6;
$custom-light: #8bdde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ced6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.243,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7816,
    "c": 0.11674,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CED6

secondary

#883834

accent

#4940E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CED6

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

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