#42CED7#42CED7

#42CED7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.117 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42CED7
RGBrgb(66, 206, 215)
HSLhsl(184, 65%, 55%)
HSVhsv(184, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(76.19, -33.70, -15.32)
CIE-LCHlch(76.19, 37.01, 204.45°)
OKLaboklab(78.2% -0.1088 -0.0425)
OKLCHoklch(78.2% 0.117 201.3)
XYZxyz(36.5784, 50.2029, 72.0391)
Luminance0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42CED7 #D74B42
analogous
#42D795 #42CED7 #4284D7
triadic
#42CED7 #D742CE #CED742
tetradic
#42CED7 #9542D7 #D74B42 #84D742
square
#42CED7 #9542D7 #D74B42 #84D742
split-complementary
#42CED7 #D74284 #D79542
monochromatic
#1C7D83 #26ADB5 #42CED7 #75DBE2 #A7E8EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90
#42CED7 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04
#42CED7 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CED7
11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42CED7#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42CED71.001.9011.0411.04
#FFFFFF1.901.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0421.001.001.00
##00000011.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFC5D8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A9B5D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6D0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42ced7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.117 201.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdde3',
    500: '#42ced7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42ced7;
$custom-light: #8bdde3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42ced7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.624,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78195,
    "c": 0.11685,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42CED7
secondary
#8A3934
accent
#4A40E8
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFC
border
#CED5D5
text
#0D1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CED7

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#42CED7 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva