#42D0DB#42D0DB

#42D0DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.118 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0DB
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 219)
HSL	hsl(184, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -33.48, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 37.28, 206.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.1091 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.118 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.5832, 51.3801, 74.9407)
Luminance	0.5138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0DB #DB4D42

analogous

#42DB99 #42D0DB #4283DB

triadic

#42D0DB #DB42D0 #D0DB42

tetradic

#42D0DB #9942DB #DB4D42 #83DB42

square

#42D0DB #9942DB #DB4D42 #83DB42

split-complementary

#42D0DB #DB4283 #DB9942

monochromatic

#1A8189 #24B1BC #42D0DB #75DDE5 #A9EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D0DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#42D0DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0DB

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0DB	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.118 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfe6',
    500: '#42d0db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0db;
$custom-light: #8bdfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.314,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78816,
    "c": 0.11825,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0DB

secondary

#8F3933

accent

#493DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0DB

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

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