#42D0CD#42D0CD

#42D0CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.118 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0CD
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 205)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -37.47, -9.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 38.66, 194.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.1151 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.118 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8171, 50.6736, 65.6391)
Luminance	0.5068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0CD #D04245

analogous

#42D086 #42D0CD #428CD0

triadic

#42D0CD #CD42D0 #D0CD42

tetradic

#42D0CD #8642D0 #D04245 #8CD042

square

#42D0CD #8642D0 #D04245 #8CD042

split-complementary

#42D0CD #D0428C #D08642

monochromatic

#1E7977 #2AAAA8 #42D0CD #73DCDA #A4E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42D0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#42D0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0CD

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0CD	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.118 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adfdc',
    500: '#42d0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0cd;
$custom-light: #8adfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.732,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78327,
    "c": 0.11806,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0CD

secondary

#813536

accent

#4448E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0CD

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

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