#42CED8#42CED8

#42CED8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.117 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CED8
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -33.41, -15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 36.96, 205.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.1084 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.117 202)
XYZ	xyz(36.7073, 50.2545, 72.7179)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CED8 #D84C42

analogous

#42D897 #42CED8 #4283D8

triadic

#42CED8 #D842CE #CED842

tetradic

#42CED8 #9742D8 #D84C42 #83D842

square

#42CED8 #9742D8 #D84C42 #83D842

split-complementary

#42CED8 #D84283 #D89742

monochromatic

#1B7D84 #26ADB7 #42CED8 #75DBE2 #A7E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#42CED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#42CED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CED8

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CED8	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC5D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.117 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdde4',
    500: '#42ced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ced8;
$custom-light: #8bdde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78231,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.50259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CED8

secondary

#8B3933

accent

#4A3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CED8

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

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