#42DCDE#42DCDE

#42DCDE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.125 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCDE
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 222)
HSL	hsl(181, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -38.20, -12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 40.22, 198.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.1195 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.125 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0188, 57.6137, 78.0518)
Luminance	0.5762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCDE #DE4442

analogous

#42DE92 #42DCDE #428EDE

triadic

#42DCDE #DE42DC #DCDE42

tetradic

#42DCDE #9242DE #DE4442 #8EDE42

square

#42DCDE #9242DE #DE4442 #8EDE42

split-complementary

#42DCDE #DE428E #DE9242

monochromatic

#198B8D #22BFC1 #42DCDE #76E6E7 #AAEFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#42DCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#42DCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCDE

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCDE	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.125 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de7e8',
    500: '#42dcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dcde;
$custom-light: #8de7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.769,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81774,
    "c": 0.12455,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCDE

secondary

#923332

accent

#3D3BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCDE

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

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