#42DBDB#42DBDB

#42DBDB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.124 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBDB
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 219)
HSL	hsl(180, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -38.59, -11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 40.28, 196.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.1198 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.124 195)
XYZ	xyz(40.3587, 56.9310, 75.8658)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBDB #DB4242

analogous

#42DB8E #42DBDB #428EDB

triadic

#42DBDB #DB42DB #DBDB42

tetradic

#42DBDB #8E42DB #DB4242 #8EDB42

square

#42DBDB #8E42DB #DB4242 #8EDB42

split-complementary

#42DBDB #DB428E #DB8E42

monochromatic

#1A8989 #24BCBC #42DBDB #75E5E5 #A9EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#42DBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#42DBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBDB

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBDB	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD0DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.124 195.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81434,
    "c": 0.12407,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.56936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBDB

secondary

#8F3333

accent

#3D3DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBDB

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

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