#42DBD2#42DBD2

#42DBD2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.125 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBD2
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 210)
HSL	hsl(176, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 4.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, -41.08, -7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 41.69, 189.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.1237 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.125 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2057, 56.4698, 69.7938)
Luminance	0.5647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBD2 #DB424B

analogous

#42DB86 #42DBD2 #4297DB

triadic

#42DBD2 #D242DB #DBD242

tetradic

#42DBD2 #8642DB #DB424B #97DB42

square

#42DBD2 #8642DB #DB424B #97DB42

split-complementary

#42DBD2 #DB4297 #DB8642

monochromatic

#1A8982 #24BCB3 #42DBD2 #75E5DE #A9EFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#42DBD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#42DBD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBD2

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBD2	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCFD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BFD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.125 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce7df',
    500: '#42dbd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbd2;
$custom-light: #8ce7df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81136,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBD2

secondary

#8F3338

accent

#3D47EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBD2

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

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