#42D6DE#42D6DE

#42D6DE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.121 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6DE
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 222)
HSL	hsl(183, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(183, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 3.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -35.43, -15.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 38.56, 203.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.35% -0.1137 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(80.35% 0.121 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4723, 54.5207, 77.5363)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6DE #DE4A42

analogous

#42DE98 #42D6DE #4288DE

triadic

#42D6DE #DE42D6 #D6DE42

tetradic

#42D6DE #9842DE #DE4A42 #88DE42

square

#42D6DE #9842DE #DE4A42 #88DE42

split-complementary

#42D6DE #DE4288 #DE9842

monochromatic

#19878D #22B9C1 #42D6DE #76E1E7 #AAEDF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42D6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#42D6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6DE

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6DE	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CDDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.121 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce3e8',
    500: '#42d6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6de;
$custom-light: #8ce3e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80349,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6DE

secondary

#923732

accent

#443BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6DE

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

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