#42D6DC#42D6DC

#42D6DC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.121 H 199.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6DC
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 2.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -36.00, -14.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 38.71, 201.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.1146 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.121 199)
XYZ	xyz(39.2058, 54.4141, 76.1330)
Luminance	0.5442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6DC #DC4842

analogous

#42DC95 #42D6DC #4289DC

triadic

#42D6DC #DC42D6 #D6DC42

tetradic

#42D6DC #9542DC #DC4842 #89DC42

square

#42D6DC #9542DC #DC4842 #89DC42

split-complementary

#42D6DC #DC4289 #DC9542

monochromatic

#1A868A #23B8BE #42D6DC #76E1E6 #A9ECEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42D6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#42D6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6DC

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6DC	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.121 199.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce3e6',
    500: '#42d6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6dc;
$custom-light: #8ce3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.338,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80278,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 199
  },
  "luminance": 0.54419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6DC

secondary

#903632

accent

#433CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6DC

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

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