#42D0D0#42D0D0

#42D0D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.118 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0D0
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 208)
HSL	hsl(180, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -36.63, -10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 38.24, 196.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.1138 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.118 195)
XYZ	xyz(36.1827, 50.8199, 67.5646)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0D0 #D04242

analogous

#42D089 #42D0D0 #4289D0

triadic

#42D0D0 #D042D0 #D0D042

tetradic

#42D0D0 #8942D0 #D04242 #89D042

square

#42D0D0 #8942D0 #D04242 #89D042

split-complementary

#42D0D0 #D04289 #D08942

monochromatic

#1E7979 #2AAAAA #42D0D0 #73DCDC #A4E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D0D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#42D0D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0D0

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0D0	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB6D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.118 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adfde',
    500: '#42d0d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0d0;
$custom-light: #8adfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78429,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.50824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0D0

secondary

#813535

accent

#4444E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0D0

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

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