#42D1DA#42D1DA

#42D1DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.119 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D1DA
RGB	rgb(66, 209, 218)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 4.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -34.24, -15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 37.57, 204.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.1105 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.119 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6965, 51.8167, 74.3310)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D1DA #DA4B42

analogous

#42DA97 #42D1DA #4285DA

triadic

#42D1DA #DA42D1 #D1DA42

tetradic

#42D1DA #9742DA #DA4B42 #85DA42

square

#42D1DA #9742DA #DA4B42 #85DA42

split-complementary

#42D1DA #DA4285 #DA9742

monochromatic

#1A8187 #24B1BA #42D1DA #75DDE4 #A8EAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D1DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#42D1DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D1DA

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D1DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D1DA	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d1da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.119 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfe5',
    500: '#42d1da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d1da;
$custom-light: #8bdfe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d1da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.553,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79018,
    "c": 0.11857,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D1DA

secondary

#8D3833

accent

#483EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D1DA

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

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