#42DBDD#42DBDD

#42DBDD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.124 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBDD
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 221)
HSL	hsl(181, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0.9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.20, -38.03, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.20, 40.03, 198.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.119 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.124 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6235, 57.0369, 77.2608)
Luminance	0.5704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBDD #DD4442

analogous

#42DD92 #42DBDD #428EDD

triadic

#42DBDD #DD42DB #DBDD42

tetradic

#42DBDD #9242DD #DD4442 #8EDD42

square

#42DBDD #9242DD #DD4442 #8EDD42

split-complementary

#42DBDD #DD428E #DD9242

monochromatic

#198A8C #22BDBF #42DBDD #76E5E6 #AAEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42DBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#42DBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBDD

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBDD	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.124 196.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.774,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81502,
    "c": 0.12398,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBDD

secondary

#913332

accent

#3E3BEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBDD

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

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