#42CED9#42CED9

#42CED9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.117 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CED9
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -33.11, -16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 36.91, 206.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.108 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.117 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8370, 50.3063, 73.4009)
Luminance	0.5031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CED9 #D94D42

analogous

#42D998 #42CED9 #4282D9

triadic

#42CED9 #D942CE #CED942

tetradic

#42CED9 #9842D9 #D94D42 #82D942

square

#42CED9 #9842D9 #D94D42 #82D942

split-complementary

#42CED9 #D94282 #D99842

monochromatic

#1B7E86 #25AEB9 #42CED9 #75DBE3 #A8E8ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#42CED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#42CED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CED9

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CED9	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC5DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.117 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdde4',
    500: '#42ced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ced9;
$custom-light: #8bdde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.371,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78268,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CED9

secondary

#8C3A33

accent

#4B3EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CED9

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

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