#42CEDA#42CEDA

#42CEDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.117 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEDA
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 218)
HSL	hsl(185, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 5.5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -32.82, -16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 36.87, 207.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.1076 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.117 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9674, 50.3585, 74.0879)
Luminance	0.5036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEDA #DA4E42

analogous

#42DA9A #42CEDA #4282DA

triadic

#42CEDA #DA42CE #CEDA42

tetradic

#42CEDA #9A42DA #DA4E42 #82DA42

square

#42CEDA #9A42DA #DA4E42 #82DA42

split-complementary

#42CEDA #DA4282 #DA9A42

monochromatic

#1A7F87 #24AEBA #42CEDA #75DBE4 #A8E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#42CEDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#42CEDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEDA

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEDA	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC5DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ceda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.117 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdde5',
    500: '#42ceda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ceda;
$custom-light: #8bdde5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ceda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.737,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78304,
    "c": 0.11726,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEDA

secondary

#8D3A33

accent

#4B3EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEDA

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

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