#42D0DE#42D0DE

#42D0DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.119 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0DE
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 222)
HSL	hsl(185, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 6.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -32.60, -17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 37.17, 208.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.1079 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.119 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9817, 51.5395, 77.0394)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0DE #DE5042

analogous

#42DE9E #42D0DE #4282DE

triadic

#42D0DE #DE42D0 #D0DE42

tetradic

#42D0DE #9E42DE #DE5042 #82DE42

square

#42D0DE #9E42DE #DE5042 #82DE42

split-complementary

#42D0DE #DE4282 #DE9E42

monochromatic

#19838D #22B3C1 #42D0DE #76DDE7 #AAEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D0DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#42D0DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0DE

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0DE	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.119 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdfe8',
    500: '#42d0de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0de;
$custom-light: #8cdfe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78925,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0DE

secondary

#923B32

accent

#4B3BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0DE

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

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