#42D6DB#42D6DB

#42D6DB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.121 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6DB
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 219)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 2.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.67, -36.29, -13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.67, 38.80, 200.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.115 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.121 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0738, 54.3613, 75.4376)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6DB #DB4742

analogous

#42DB93 #42D6DB #4289DB

triadic

#42D6DB #DB42D6 #D6DB42

tetradic

#42D6DB #9342DB #DB4742 #89DB42

square

#42D6DB #9342DB #DB4742 #89DB42

split-complementary

#42D6DB #DB4289 #DB9342

monochromatic

#1A8589 #24B7BC #42D6DB #75E1E5 #A9ECEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42D6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#42D6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6DB

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6DB	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.121 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce3e6',
    500: '#42d6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6db;
$custom-light: #8ce3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.961,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80243,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6DB

secondary

#8F3633

accent

#433DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6DB

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

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