#42DADA#42DADA

#42DADA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.124 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DADA
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 218)
HSL	hsl(180, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -38.41, -11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 40.10, 196.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.1193 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.124 195)
XYZ	xyz(39.9673, 56.3583, 75.0879)
Luminance	0.5636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DADA #DA4242

analogous

#42DA8E #42DADA #428EDA

triadic

#42DADA #DA42DA #DADA42

tetradic

#42DADA #8E42DA #DA4242 #8EDA42

square

#42DADA #8E42DA #DA4242 #8EDA42

split-complementary

#42DADA #DA428E #DA8E42

monochromatic

#1A8787 #24BABA #42DADA #75E4E4 #A8EEEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#42DADA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#42DADA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DADA

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DADA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DADA	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dada;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.124 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce6e5',
    500: '#42dada',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dada;
$custom-light: #8ce6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dada",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81162,
    "c": 0.12352,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.56363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DADA

secondary

#8D3333

accent

#3E3EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DADA

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

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