#42DBDA#42DBDA

#42DBDA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.124 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBDA
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 218)
HSL	hsl(180, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 0.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.11, -38.87, -11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.11, 40.41, 195.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.1203 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.124 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2274, 56.8785, 75.1746)
Luminance	0.5688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBDA #DB4243

analogous

#42DB8D #42DBDA #428FDB

triadic

#42DBDA #DA42DB #DBDA42

tetradic

#42DBDA #8D42DB #DB4243 #8FDB42

square

#42DBDA #8D42DB #DB4243 #8FDB42

split-complementary

#42DBDA #DB428F #DB8D42

monochromatic

#1A8988 #24BCBB #42DBDA #75E5E4 #A9EFEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#42DBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#42DBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBDA

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBDA	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD0DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.124 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de6e5',
    500: '#42dbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbda;
$custom-light: #8de6e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.608,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.814,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBDA

secondary

#8F3333

accent

#3D3EEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBDA

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

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