#42D2DD#42D2DD

#42D2DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.119 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2DD
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -33.84, -16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 37.64, 205.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.1103 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.119 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3388, 52.4674, 76.4992)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2DD #DD4D42

analogous

#42DD9B #42D2DD #4285DD

triadic

#42D2DD #DD42D2 #D2DD42

tetradic

#42D2DD #9B42DD #DD4D42 #85DD42

square

#42D2DD #9B42DD #DD4D42 #85DD42

split-complementary

#42D2DD #DD4285 #DD9B42

monochromatic

#19838C #22B4BF #42D2DD #76DEE6 #AAEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42D2DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#42D2DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2DD

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2DD	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.119 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce0e7',
    500: '#42d2dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2dd;
$custom-light: #8ce0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.258,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79363,
    "c": 0.11939,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2DD

secondary

#913932

accent

#483BEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2DD

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

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