#42CFDA#42CFDA

#42CFDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.118 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFDA
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 218)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 5%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -33.30, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 37.09, 206.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.1086 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.118 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.2089, 50.8415, 74.1684)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFDA #DA4D42

analogous

#42DA99 #42CFDA #4283DA

triadic

#42CFDA #DA42CF #CFDA42

tetradic

#42CFDA #9942DA #DA4D42 #83DA42

square

#42CFDA #9942DA #DA4D42 #83DA42

split-complementary

#42CFDA #DA4283 #DA9942

monochromatic

#1A7F87 #24AFBA #42CFDA #75DCE4 #A8E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42CFDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#42CFDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFDA

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFDA	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.118 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdee5',
    500: '#42cfda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfda;
$custom-light: #8bdee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.342,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78542,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFDA

secondary

#8D3933

accent

#4A3EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFDA

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

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