#42DDDE#42DDDE

#42DDDE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.125 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DDDE
RGB	rgb(66, 221, 222)
HSL	hsl(180, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(180, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.82, -38.66, -12.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.82, 40.52, 197.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.1205 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.125 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2820, 58.1402, 78.1396)
Luminance	0.5815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DDDE #DE4342

analogous

#42DE91 #42DDDE #428FDE

triadic

#42DDDE #DE42DD #DDDE42

tetradic

#42DDDE #9142DE #DE4342 #8FDE42

square

#42DDDE #9142DE #DE4342 #8FDE42

split-complementary

#42DDDE #DE428F #DE9142

monochromatic

#198C8D #22C0C1 #42DDDE #76E6E7 #AAF0F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#42DDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#42DDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DDDE

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DDDE	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ddde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 221, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.125 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8de8e8',
    500: '#42ddde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ddde;
$custom-light: #8de8e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ddde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82012,
    "c": 0.12515,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DDDE

secondary

#923232

accent

#3C3BED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DDDE

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

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