#42D0C5#42D0C5

#42D0C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.120 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0C5
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 197)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 5.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.25, -39.68, -5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.25, 40.06, 187.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.07% -0.1185 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(78.07% 0.12 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8760, 50.2972, 60.6828)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0C5 #D0424D

analogous

#42D07E #42D0C5 #4294D0

triadic

#42D0C5 #C542D0 #D0C542

tetradic

#42D0C5 #7E42D0 #D0424D #94D042

square

#42D0C5 #7E42D0 #D0424D #94D042

split-complementary

#42D0C5 #D04294 #D07E42

monochromatic

#1E7972 #2AAAA0 #42D0C5 #73DCD4 #A4E8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#42D0C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#42D0C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0C5

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0C5	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C5C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.120 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adfd6',
    500: '#42d0c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0c5;
$custom-light: #8adfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.352,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78065,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0C5

secondary

#81353B

accent

#4451E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0C5

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

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