#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
RGBrgb(66, 220, 220)
HSLhsl(180, 69%, 56%)
HSVhsv(180, 70%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 0%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(80.46, -38.76, -11.60)
CIE-LCHlch(80.46, 40.46, 196.66°)
OKLaboklab(81.71% -0.1204 -0.0322)
OKLCHoklch(81.71% 0.125 195)
XYZxyz(40.7524, 57.5071, 76.6485)
Luminance0.5751 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

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
##42DCDC1.001.6812.5012.50
#FFFFFF1.681.0021.0021.00
#00000012.5021.001.001.00
##00000012.5021.001.001.00

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

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#42DCDC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva