#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
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 215)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -33.70, -15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 37.01, 204.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.1088 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.117 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5784, 50.2029, 72.0391)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42CED7	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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