#42DADD#42DADD

#42DADD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.123 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DADD
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 221)
HSL	hsl(181, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, -37.57, -12.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 39.74, 199.04°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.118 -0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.123 197)
XYZ	xyz(40.3634, 56.5168, 77.1741)
Luminance	0.5652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DADD #DD4542

analogous

#42DD93 #42DADD #428DDD

triadic

#42DADD #DD42DA #DADD42

tetradic

#42DADD #9342DD #DD4542 #8DDD42

square

#42DADD #9342DD #DD4542 #8DDD42

split-complementary

#42DADD #DD428D #DD9342

monochromatic

#19898C #22BCBF #42DADD #76E4E6 #AAEEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#42DADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#42DADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DADD

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DADD	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.123 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de6e7',
    500: '#42dadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dadd;
$custom-light: #8de6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.161,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81264,
    "c": 0.12341,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.56522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DADD

secondary

#913432

accent

#3F3BEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DADD

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

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