#42CEDE#42CEDE

#42CEDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.118 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEDE
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 222)
HSL	hsl(186, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 7.2%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -31.64, -18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 36.78, 210.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.1059 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.118 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4972, 50.5704, 76.8779)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEDE #DE5242

analogous

#42DEA0 #42CEDE #4280DE

triadic

#42CEDE #DE42CE #CEDE42

tetradic

#42CEDE #A042DE #DE5242 #80DE42

square

#42CEDE #A042DE #DE5242 #80DE42

split-complementary

#42CEDE #DE4280 #DEA042

monochromatic

#19818D #22B1C1 #42CEDE #76DCE7 #AAE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42CEDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#42CEDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEDE

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEDE	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cede;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.118 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdde8',
    500: '#42cede',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cede;
$custom-light: #8cdde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cede",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.154,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78451,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEDE

secondary

#923C32

accent

#4D3BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEDE

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

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