#42D7DB#42D7DB

#42D7DB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.122 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7DB
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 219)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(182, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 1.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -36.75, -13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 39.09, 199.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.116 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.122 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3276, 54.8690, 75.5222)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7DB #DB4642

analogous

#42DB93 #42D7DB #428ADB

triadic

#42D7DB #DB42D7 #D7DB42

tetradic

#42D7DB #9342DB #DB4642 #8ADB42

square

#42D7DB #9342DB #DB4642 #8ADB42

split-complementary

#42D7DB #DB428A #DB9342

monochromatic

#1A8689 #24B8BC #42D7DB #75E2E5 #A9EDEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42D7DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#42D7DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7DB

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7DB	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.122 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce4e6',
    500: '#42d7db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7db;
$custom-light: #8ce4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.569,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80481,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7DB

secondary

#8F3533

accent

#413DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7DB

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

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