#42D1D2#42D1D2

#42D1D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.118 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D1D2
RGB	rgb(66, 209, 210)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -36.53, -11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 38.31, 197.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.1139 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.118 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6748, 51.4081, 68.9501)
Luminance	0.5141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D1D2 #D24342

analogous

#42D28B #42D1D2 #4289D2

triadic

#42D1D2 #D242D1 #D1D242

tetradic

#42D1D2 #8B42D2 #D24342 #89D242

square

#42D1D2 #8B42D2 #D24342 #89D242

split-complementary

#42D1D2 #D24289 #D28B42

monochromatic

#1E7B7C #29ADAD #42D1D2 #73DDDE #A5E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D1D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#42D1D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D1D2

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D1D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D1D2	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)

#C3C7D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB7D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d1d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.118 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfdf',
    500: '#42d1d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d1d2;
$custom-light: #8bdfdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d1d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.417,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78737,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D1D2

secondary

#843534

accent

#4443E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D1D2

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

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