#42CFDC#42CFDC

#42CFDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.118 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFDC
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 220)
HSL	hsl(185, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 5.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -32.71, -17.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 37.02, 207.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.1077 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.118 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4722, 50.9468, 75.5551)
Luminance	0.5095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFDC #DC4F42

analogous

#42DC9C #42CFDC #4282DC

triadic

#42CFDC #DC42CF #CFDC42

tetradic

#42CFDC #9C42DC #DC4F42 #82DC42

square

#42CFDC #9C42DC #DC4F42 #82DC42

split-complementary

#42CFDC #DC4282 #DC9C42

monochromatic

#1A818A #23B1BE #42CFDC #76DCE6 #A9E9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42CFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#42CFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFDC

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFDC	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.118 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdee6',
    500: '#42cfdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfdc;
$custom-light: #8bdee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.065,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78615,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFDC

secondary

#903A32

accent

#4B3CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFDC

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

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