#42D0CE#42D0CE

#42D0CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.118 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0CE
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 206)
HSL	hsl(179, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 1%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -37.20, -10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 38.52, 195.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.1146 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.118 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9382, 50.7221, 66.2768)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0CE #D04244

analogous

#42D087 #42D0CE #428BD0

triadic

#42D0CE #CE42D0 #D0CE42

tetradic

#42D0CE #8742D0 #D04244 #8BD042

square

#42D0CE #8742D0 #D04244 #8BD042

split-complementary

#42D0CE #D0428B #D08742

monochromatic

#1E7978 #2AAAA9 #42D0CE #73DCDB #A4E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#42D0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0CE

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0CE	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.118 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adfdc',
    500: '#42d0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0ce;
$custom-light: #8adfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.155,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78361,
    "c": 0.11796,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0CE

secondary

#813536

accent

#4447E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0CE

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

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