#42D0D6#42D0D6

#42D0D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.118 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0D6
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 214)
HSL	hsl(182, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 2.8%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -34.93, -13.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 37.61, 201.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.1112 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.118 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9348, 51.1207, 71.5260)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0D6 #D64842

analogous

#42D692 #42D0D6 #4286D6

triadic

#42D0D6 #D642D0 #D0D642

tetradic

#42D0D6 #9242D6 #D64842 #86D642

square

#42D0D6 #9242D6 #D64842 #86D642

split-complementary

#42D0D6 #D64286 #D69242

monochromatic

#1C7D82 #27AEB4 #42D0D6 #74DDE1 #A7E9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D0D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#42D0D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0D6

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0D6	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C7D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.118 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfe2',
    500: '#42d0d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0d6;
$custom-light: #8bdfe2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.432,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78637,
    "c": 0.11776,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0D6

secondary

#883734

accent

#4740E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0D6

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

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