#42DDDC#42DDDC

#42DDDC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.125 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDDC
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 220)
HSL	hsl(180, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.76, -39.22, -11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.76, 40.78, 195.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.1214 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.125 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0156, 58.0336, 76.7362)
Luminance	0.5804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDDC #DD4243

analogous

#42DD8F #42DDDC #4291DD

triadic

#42DDDC #DC42DD #DDDC42

tetradic

#42DDDC #8F42DD #DD4243 #91DD42

square

#42DDDC #8F42DD #DD4243 #91DD42

split-complementary

#42DDDC #DD4291 #DD8F42

monochromatic

#198C8B #22BFBE #42DDDC #76E6E6 #AAF0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#42DDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#42DDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDDC

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDDC	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8C1DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.125 194.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.613,
    "s": 69.507,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81945,
    "c": 0.12527,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDDC

secondary

#913233

accent

#3B3DEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDDC

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

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