#42D2D4#42D2D4

#42D2D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.119 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2D4
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 212)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0.9%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -36.43, -12.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 38.38, 198.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.114 -0.0335)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.119 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1717, 52.0006, 70.3526)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2D4 #D44442

analogous

#42D48D #42D2D4 #4289D4

triadic

#42D2D4 #D442D2 #D2D442

tetradic

#42D2D4 #8D42D4 #D44442 #89D442

square

#42D2D4 #8D42D4 #D44442 #89D442

split-complementary

#42D2D4 #D44289 #D48D42

monochromatic

#1D7D7F #28AFB1 #42D2D4 #74DEDF #A6EAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#42D2D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#42D2D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2D4

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2D4	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C8D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB8D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.119 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be0e1',
    500: '#42d2d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2d4;
$custom-light: #8be0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.822,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79046,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2D4

secondary

#863534

accent

#4442E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2D4

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

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