#42CEDF#42CEDF

#42CEDF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.118 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CEDF
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 223)
HSL	hsl(186, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 7.6%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -31.35, -19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 36.78, 211.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.1055 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.118 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6316, 50.6242, 77.5859)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CEDF #DF5342

analogous

#42DFA2 #42CEDF #4280DF

triadic

#42CEDF #DF42CE #CEDF42

tetradic

#42CEDF #A242DF #DF5342 #80DF42

square

#42CEDF #A242DF #DF5342 #80DF42

split-complementary

#42CEDF #DF4280 #DFA242

monochromatic

#18828E #21B1C3 #42CEDF #76DCE8 #ABE9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42CEDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#42CEDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CEDF

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CEDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CEDF	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cedf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.118 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdde9',
    500: '#42cedf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cedf;
$custom-light: #8cdde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cedf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.497,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78489,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CEDF

secondary

#943C32

accent

#4D3AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CEDF

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

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