#42D2D6#42D2D6

#42D2D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.119 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D2D6
RGBrgb(66, 210, 214)
HSLhsl(182, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(182, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69.2%, 1.9%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(77.34, -35.86, -13.06)
CIE-LCHlch(77.34, 38.16, 200.01°)
OKLaboklab(79.12% -0.1132 -0.0362)
OKLCHoklch(79.12% 0.119 197.8)
XYZxyz(37.4255, 52.1021, 71.6896)
Luminance0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D2D6 #D64642
analogous
#42D690 #42D2D6 #4288D6
triadic
#42D2D6 #D642D2 #D2D642
tetradic
#42D2D6 #9042D6 #D64642 #88D642
square
#42D2D6 #9042D6 #D64642 #88D642
split-complementary
#42D2D6 #D64288 #D69042
monochromatic
#1C7F82 #27B0B4 #42D2D6 #74DEE1 #A7EAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84
#42D2D6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42
#42D2D6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2D6
11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D2D6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D2D61.001.8411.4211.42
#FFFFFF1.841.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4221.001.001.00
##00000011.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4C8D7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AEB8D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D9D3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d2d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.119 197.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be0e2',
    500: '#42d2d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d2d6;
$custom-light: #8be0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d2d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.622,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79115,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D2D6
secondary
#883634
accent
#4540E7
background
#FCFEFE
surface
#F5FCFC
border
#CFD5D5
text
#0E1515
muted
#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2D6

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#42D2D6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva