#42DCDD#42DCDD

#42DCDD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.125 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCDD
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 221)
HSL	hsl(180, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -38.48, -12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 40.34, 197.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.12 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.125 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.8852, 57.5603, 77.3481)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCDD #DD4342

analogous

#42DD91 #42DCDD #428FDD

triadic

#42DCDD #DD42DC #DCDD42

tetradic

#42DCDD #9142DD #DD4342 #8FDD42

square

#42DCDD #9142DD #DD4342 #8FDD42

split-complementary

#42DCDD #DD428F #DD9142

monochromatic

#198B8C #22BEBF #42DCDD #76E6E6 #AAEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#42DCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#42DCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCDD

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCDD	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dcdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.125 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7e7',
    500: '#42dcdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dcdd;
$custom-light: #8de7e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dcdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.387,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8174,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCDD

secondary

#913332

accent

#3D3BEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCDD

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

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