#42DBDC#42DBDC

#42DBDC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.124 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBDC
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 220)
HSL	hsl(180, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -38.31, -12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 40.15, 197.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.47% -0.1194 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(81.47% 0.124 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.4907, 56.9838, 76.5613)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBDC #DC4342

analogous

#42DC90 #42DBDC #428EDC

triadic

#42DBDC #DC42DB #DBDC42

tetradic

#42DBDC #9042DC #DC4342 #8EDC42

square

#42DBDC #9042DC #DC4342 #8EDC42

split-complementary

#42DBDC #DC428E #DC9042

monochromatic

#1A898A #23BDBE #42DBDC #76E5E6 #A9EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42DBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#42DBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBDC

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBDC	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.124 195.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.39,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81468,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBDC

secondary

#903332

accent

#3D3CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBDC

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

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