#42D0DD#42D0DD

#42D0DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.119 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0DD
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 221)
HSL	hsl(185, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 5.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -32.89, -17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 37.20, 207.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.1083 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.119 204)
XYZ	xyz(37.8481, 51.4860, 76.3357)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0DD #DD4F42

analogous

#42DD9D #42D0DD #4283DD

triadic

#42D0DD #DD42D0 #D0DD42

tetradic

#42D0DD #9D42DD #DD4F42 #83DD42

square

#42D0DD #9D42DD #DD4F42 #83DD42

split-complementary

#42D0DD #DD4283 #DD9D42

monochromatic

#19828C #22B2BF #42D0DD #76DDE6 #AAEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D0DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#42D0DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0DD

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0DD	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.119 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdfe7',
    500: '#42d0dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0dd;
$custom-light: #8cdfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.032,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78889,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.5149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0DD

secondary

#913A32

accent

#4A3BEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0DD

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

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