#42D0DC#42D0DC

#42D0DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.118 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0DC
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 220)
HSL	hsl(185, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 5.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -33.19, -16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 37.23, 206.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.1087 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.118 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7152, 51.4329, 75.6361)
Luminance	0.5144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0DC #DC4E42

analogous

#42DC9B #42D0DC #4283DC

triadic

#42D0DC #DC42D0 #D0DC42

tetradic

#42D0DC #9B42DC #DC4E42 #83DC42

square

#42D0DC #9B42DC #DC4E42 #83DC42

split-complementary

#42D0DC #DC4283 #DC9B42

monochromatic

#1A818A #23B2BE #42D0DC #76DDE6 #A9EAEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#42D0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0DC

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0DC	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.118 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdfe6',
    500: '#42d0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0dc;
$custom-light: #8cdfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.675,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78852,
    "c": 0.1184,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0DC

secondary

#903A32

accent

#4A3CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0DC

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

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