#42D0DA#42D0DA

#42D0DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.118 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0DA
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 218)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 4.6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -33.77, -15.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 37.33, 205.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.1095 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.118 202)
XYZ	xyz(37.4519, 51.3276, 74.2495)
Luminance	0.5133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0DA #DA4C42

analogous

#42DA98 #42D0DA #4284DA

triadic

#42D0DA #DA42D0 #D0DA42

tetradic

#42D0DA #9842DA #DA4C42 #84DA42

square

#42D0DA #9842DA #DA4C42 #84DA42

split-complementary

#42D0DA #DA4284 #DA9842

monochromatic

#1A8087 #24B0BA #42D0DA #75DDE4 #A8E9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D0DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#42D0DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0DA

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0DA	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.118 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfe5',
    500: '#42d0da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0da;
$custom-light: #8bdfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.947,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7878,
    "c": 0.11811,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.51332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0DA

secondary

#8D3933

accent

#493EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0DA

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

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