#42D0D3#42D0D3

#42D0D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.118 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0D3
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 211)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 1.4%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -35.78, -12.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 37.89, 199.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.1125 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.118 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.5552, 50.9689, 69.5268)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0D3 #D34542

analogous

#42D38D #42D0D3 #4288D3

triadic

#42D0D3 #D342D0 #D0D342

tetradic

#42D0D3 #8D42D3 #D34542 #88D342

square

#42D0D3 #8D42D3 #D34542 #88D342

split-complementary

#42D0D3 #D34288 #D38D42

monochromatic

#1D7B7D #29ACAF #42D0D3 #74DCDF #A5E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D0D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#42D0D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0D3

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0D3	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)

#C2C6D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB6D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.118 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfe0',
    500: '#42d0d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0d3;
$custom-light: #8bdfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.241,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78532,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0D3

secondary

#853634

accent

#4642E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0D3

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

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