#42DDDA#42DDDA

#42DDDA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.125 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDDA
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 218)
HSL	hsl(179, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -39.78, -10.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 41.06, 194.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.1222 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.125 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.7523, 57.9283, 75.3496)
Luminance	0.5793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDDA #DD4245

analogous

#42DD8D #42DDDA #4293DD

triadic

#42DDDA #DA42DD #DDDA42

tetradic

#42DDDA #8D42DD #DD4245 #93DD42

square

#42DDDA #8D42DD #DD4245 #93DD42

split-complementary

#42DDDA #DD4293 #DD8D42

monochromatic

#198C89 #22BFBC #42DDDA #76E6E4 #AAF0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#42DDDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#42DDDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDDA

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDDA	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C1DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ddda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.125 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de8e5',
    500: '#42ddda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ddda;
$custom-light: #8de8e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ddda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.839,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81878,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDDA

secondary

#913234

accent

#3B3FEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDDA

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

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