#42D2D2#42D2D2

#42D2D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.119 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2D2
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 210)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -36.99, -11.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 38.62, 196.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.1149 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.119 195)
XYZ	xyz(36.9210, 51.9003, 69.0322)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2D2 #D24242

analogous

#42D28A #42D2D2 #428AD2

triadic

#42D2D2 #D242D2 #D2D242

tetradic

#42D2D2 #8A42D2 #D24242 #8AD242

square

#42D2D2 #8A42D2 #D24242 #8AD242

split-complementary

#42D2D2 #D2428A #D28A42

monochromatic

#1E7C7C #29ADAD #42D2D2 #73DEDE #A5EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D2D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#42D2D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2D2

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2D2	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C8D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB8D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.119 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be0df',
    500: '#42d2d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2d2;
$custom-light: #8be0df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78977,
    "c": 0.11895,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.51905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2D2

secondary

#843434

accent

#4343E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2D2

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

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