#42D0D9#42D0D9

#42D0D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.118 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0D9
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 217)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 4.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -34.06, -15.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 37.39, 204.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.11 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.118 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3215, 51.2754, 73.5624)
Luminance	0.5128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0D9 #D94B42

analogous

#42D996 #42D0D9 #4284D9

triadic

#42D0D9 #D942D0 #D0D942

tetradic

#42D0D9 #9642D9 #D94B42 #84D942

square

#42D0D9 #9642D9 #D94B42 #84D942

split-complementary

#42D0D9 #D94284 #D99642

monochromatic

#1B7F86 #25B0B9 #42D0D9 #75DDE3 #A8E9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D0D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#42D0D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0D9

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0D9	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.118 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfe4',
    500: '#42d0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0d9;
$custom-light: #8bdfe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.576,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78744,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0D9

secondary

#8C3833

accent

#493EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0D9

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

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