#42D0D7#42D0D7

#42D0D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.118 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0D7
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 215)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 3.3%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -34.64, -14.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 37.52, 202.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.1108 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.118 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0629, 51.1720, 72.2007)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0D7 #D74942

analogous

#42D794 #42D0D7 #4285D7

triadic

#42D0D7 #D742D0 #D0D742

tetradic

#42D0D7 #9442D7 #D74942 #85D742

square

#42D0D7 #9442D7 #D74942 #85D742

split-complementary

#42D0D7 #D74285 #D79442

monochromatic

#1C7E83 #26AFB5 #42D0D7 #75DDE2 #A7E9EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D0D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#42D0D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0D7

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0D7	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C7D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.118 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfe3',
    500: '#42d0d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0d7;
$custom-light: #8bdfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.819,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78672,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0D7

secondary

#8A3834

accent

#4840E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0D7

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

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