#42D8D8#42D8D8

#42D8D8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.122 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D8D8
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 216)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -38.06, -11.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 39.73, 196.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.62% -0.1182 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(80.62% 0.122 195)
XYZ	xyz(39.1917, 55.2233, 73.5461)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D8D8 #D84242

analogous

#42D88D #42D8D8 #428DD8

triadic

#42D8D8 #D842D8 #D8D842

tetradic

#42D8D8 #8D42D8 #D84242 #8DD842

square

#42D8D8 #8D42D8 #D84242 #8DD842

split-complementary

#42D8D8 #D8428D #D88D42

monochromatic

#1B8484 #26B7B7 #42D8D8 #75E2E2 #A7EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42D8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#42D8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D8D8

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D8D8	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACED8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BDD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.122 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce4e4',
    500: '#42d8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d8d8;
$custom-light: #8ce4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80617,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.55228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D8D8

secondary

#8B3333

accent

#3F3FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D8D8

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

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