#42D3DA#42D3DA

#42D3DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.120 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3DA
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 218)
HSL	hsl(183, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 3.2%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, -35.18, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 38.08, 202.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.1125 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.12 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1903, 52.8043, 74.4956)
Luminance	0.5281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3DA #DA4942

analogous

#42DA95 #42D3DA #4287DA

triadic

#42D3DA #DA42D3 #D3DA42

tetradic

#42D3DA #9542DA #DA4942 #87DA42

square

#42D3DA #9542DA #DA4942 #87DA42

split-complementary

#42D3DA #DA4287 #DA9542

monochromatic

#1A8287 #24B3BA #42D3DA #75DFE4 #A8EBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D3DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#42D3DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3DA

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3DA	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CADB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB9DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.120 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce1e5',
    500: '#42d3da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3da;
$custom-light: #8ce1e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.763,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79494,
    "c": 0.11954,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3DA

secondary

#8D3733

accent

#463EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3DA

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

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