#42D0D2#42D0D2

#42D0D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.118 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0D2
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 210)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 1%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -36.07, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 38.00, 198.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.1129 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.118 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.4303, 50.9189, 68.8686)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0D2 #D24442

analogous

#42D28C #42D0D2 #4288D2

triadic

#42D0D2 #D242D0 #D0D242

tetradic

#42D0D2 #8C42D2 #D24442 #88D242

square

#42D0D2 #8C42D2 #D24442 #88D242

split-complementary

#42D0D2 #D24288 #D28C42

monochromatic

#1E7B7C #29ACAD #42D0D2 #73DCDE #A5E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D0D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#42D0D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0D2

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0D2	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C6D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.118 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfdf',
    500: '#42d0d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0d2;
$custom-light: #8bdfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.833,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78497,
    "c": 0.11771,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0D2

secondary

#843634

accent

#4543E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0D2

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

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