#42DCDC#42DCDC

#42DCDC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.125 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCDC
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 220)
HSL	hsl(180, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -38.76, -11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 40.46, 196.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.71% -0.1204 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(81.71% 0.125 195)
XYZ	xyz(40.7524, 57.5071, 76.6485)
Luminance	0.5751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCDC #DC4242

analogous

#42DC8F #42DCDC #428FDC

triadic

#42DCDC #DC42DC #DCDC42

tetradic

#42DCDC #8F42DC #DC4242 #8FDC42

square

#42DCDC #8F42DC #DC4242 #8FDC42

split-complementary

#42DCDC #DC428F #DC8F42

monochromatic

#1A8A8A #23BEBE #42DCDC #76E6E6 #A9EFEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#42DCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#42DCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCDC

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCDC	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.125 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7e6',
    500: '#42dcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dcdc;
$custom-light: #8de7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81706,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.57512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCDC

secondary

#903232

accent

#3C3CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCDC

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

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