#42DADB#42DADB

#42DADB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.123 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DADB
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 219)
HSL	hsl(180, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -38.13, -11.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 39.97, 197.45°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.1189 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.123 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0986, 56.4108, 75.7791)
Luminance	0.5642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DADB #DB4342

analogous

#42DB8F #42DADB #428DDB

triadic

#42DADB #DB42DA #DADB42

tetradic

#42DADB #8F42DB #DB4342 #8DDB42

square

#42DADB #8F42DB #DB4342 #8DDB42

split-complementary

#42DADB #DB428D #DB8F42

monochromatic

#1A8889 #24BBBC #42DADB #75E4E5 #A9EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#42DADB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#42DADB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DADB

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DADB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DADB	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dadb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.123 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de6e6',
    500: '#42dadb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dadb;
$custom-light: #8de6e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dadb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.392,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81196,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DADB

secondary

#8F3333

accent

#3E3DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DADB

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

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