#42CFDD#42CFDD

#42CFDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.118 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CFDD
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 221)
HSL	hsl(185, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 6.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -32.42, -17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 36.99, 208.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.1073 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.118 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.6050, 51.0000, 76.2547)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CFDD #DD5042

analogous

#42DD9E #42CFDD #4282DD

triadic

#42CFDD #DD42CF #CFDD42

tetradic

#42CFDD #9E42DD #DD5042 #82DD42

square

#42CFDD #9E42DD #DD5042 #82DD42

split-complementary

#42CFDD #DD4282 #DD9E42

monochromatic

#19818C #22B1BF #42CFDD #76DCE6 #AAE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42CFDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#42CFDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CFDD

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CFDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CFDD	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cfdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.118 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdee7',
    500: '#42cfdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cfdd;
$custom-light: #8cdee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cfdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.419,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78651,
    "c": 0.1182,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CFDD

secondary

#913B32

accent

#4B3BEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CFDD

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

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