#42D2DA#42D2DA

#42D2DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.119 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2DA
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 218)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 3.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -34.71, -15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 37.82, 203.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.26% -0.1115 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(79.26% 0.119 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.9426, 52.3090, 74.4130)
Luminance	0.5231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2DA #DA4A42

analogous

#42DA96 #42D2DA #4286DA

triadic

#42D2DA #DA42D2 #D2DA42

tetradic

#42D2DA #9642DA #DA4A42 #86DA42

square

#42D2DA #9642DA #DA4A42 #86DA42

split-complementary

#42D2DA #DA4286 #DA9642

monochromatic

#1A8187 #24B2BA #42D2DA #75DEE4 #A8EAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42D2DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#42D2DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2DA

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2DA	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C9DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.119 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce0e5',
    500: '#42d2da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2da;
$custom-light: #8ce0e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79256,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2DA

secondary

#8D3833

accent

#473EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2DA

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

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