#42D0CA#42D0CA

#42D0CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.118 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0CA
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 202)
HSL	hsl(177, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 2.9%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, -38.31, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 39.14, 191.82°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.1164 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.118 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4584, 50.5302, 63.7502)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0CA #D04248

analogous

#42D083 #42D0CA #428FD0

triadic

#42D0CA #CA42D0 #D0CA42

tetradic

#42D0CA #8342D0 #D04248 #8FD042

square

#42D0CA #8342D0 #D04248 #8FD042

split-complementary

#42D0CA #D0428F #D08342

monochromatic

#1E7976 #2AAAA5 #42D0CA #73DCD8 #A4E8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42D0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#42D0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0CA

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0CA	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.118 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adfda',
    500: '#42d0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0ca;
$custom-light: #8adfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.465,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78227,
    "c": 0.11849,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0CA

secondary

#813538

accent

#444BE3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0CA

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

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