#42D1D3#42D1D3

#42D1D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.118 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D1D3
RGBrgb(66, 209, 211)
HSLhsl(181, 62%, 54%)
HSVhsv(181, 69%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(68.7%, 0.9%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LABlab(76.96, -36.25, -12.02)
CIE-LCHlch(76.96, 38.19, 198.35°)
OKLaboklab(78.77% -0.1135 -0.0334)
OKLCHoklch(78.77% 0.118 196.4)
XYZxyz(36.7998, 51.4580, 69.6083)
Luminance0.5146 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D1D3 #D34442
analogous
#42D38D #42D1D3 #4288D3
triadic
#42D1D3 #D342D1 #D1D342
tetradic
#42D1D3 #8D42D3 #D34442 #88D342
square
#42D1D3 #8D42D3 #D34442 #88D342
split-complementary
#42D1D3 #D34288 #D38D42
monochromatic
#1D7C7D #29ADAF #42D1D3 #74DDDF #A5E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86
#42D1D3 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29
#42D1D3 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D1D3
11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D1D3#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D1D31.001.8611.2911.29
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2921.001.001.00
##00000011.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3C7D3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ADB7D4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D8D1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d1d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.118 196.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfe0',
    500: '#42d1d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d1d3;
$custom-light: #8bdfe0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d1d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.828,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78772,
    "c": 0.11829,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D1D3
secondary
#853534
accent
#4542E5
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F4FCFC
border
#CED5D5
text
#0D1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D1D3

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

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#42D1D3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva