#42D0C8#42D0C8

#42D0C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.119 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0C8
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 200)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 3.8%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.34, -38.86, -7.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.34, 39.49, 190.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.1172 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.119 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2232, 50.4361, 62.5112)
Luminance	0.5044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0C8 #D0424A

analogous

#42D081 #42D0C8 #4291D0

triadic

#42D0C8 #C842D0 #D0C842

tetradic

#42D0C8 #8142D0 #D0424A #91D042

square

#42D0C8 #8142D0 #D0424A #91D042

split-complementary

#42D0C8 #D04291 #D08142

monochromatic

#1E7974 #2AAAA3 #42D0C8 #73DCD6 #A4E8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42D0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#42D0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0C8

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0C8	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C5C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.119 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adfd8',
    500: '#42d0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0c8;
$custom-light: #8adfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.62,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78162,
    "c": 0.11888,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0C8

secondary

#813539

accent

#444DE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0C8

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

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