#42DDDB#42DDDB

#42DDDB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.125 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDDB
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 219)
HSL	hsl(179, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 0.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -39.50, -10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 40.91, 195.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.1218 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.125 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8836, 57.9808, 76.0408)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDDB #DD4244

analogous

#42DD8E #42DDDB #4292DD

triadic

#42DDDB #DB42DD #DDDB42

tetradic

#42DDDB #8E42DD #DD4244 #92DD42

square

#42DDDB #8E42DD #DD4244 #92DD42

split-complementary

#42DDDB #DD4292 #DD8E42

monochromatic

#198C8A #22BFBD #42DDDB #76E6E5 #AAF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#42DDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#42DDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDDB

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDDB	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.125 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de8e6',
    500: '#42dddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dddb;
$custom-light: #8de8e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.226,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81911,
    "c": 0.12536,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDDB

secondary

#913233

accent

#3B3EEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDDB

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

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