#42DCD2#42DCD2

#42DCD2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.126 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCD2
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 210)
HSL	hsl(176, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 4.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -41.53, -6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 42.06, 189.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.1247 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.126 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4674, 56.9932, 69.8810)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCD2 #DC424C

analogous

#42DC85 #42DCD2 #4299DC

triadic

#42DCD2 #D242DC #DCD242

tetradic

#42DCD2 #8542DC #DC424C #99DC42

square

#42DCD2 #8542DC #DC424C #99DC42

split-complementary

#42DCD2 #DC4299 #DC8542

monochromatic

#1A8A83 #23BEB4 #42DCD2 #76E6DE #A9EFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42DCD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#42DCD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCD2

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCD2	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)

#D0D0D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC0D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dcd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.126 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce7df',
    500: '#42dcd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dcd2;
$custom-light: #8ce7df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dcd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.104,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81377,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCD2

secondary

#903238

accent

#3C48EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCD2

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

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