#42D1C2#42D1C2

#42D1C2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.121 H 184.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D1C2
RGB	rgb(66, 209, 194)
HSL	hsl(174, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 7.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, -40.93, -3.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 41.09, 185.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.1209 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.121 184.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7802, 50.6502, 58.9719)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D1C2 #D14251

analogous

#42D17B #42D1C2 #4299D1

triadic

#42D1C2 #C242D1 #D1C242

tetradic

#42D1C2 #7B42D1 #D14251 #99D142

square

#42D1C2 #7B42D1 #D14251 #99D142

split-complementary

#42D1C2 #D14299 #D17B42

monochromatic

#1E7B71 #2AAC9E #42D1C2 #73DDD2 #A4E9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42D1C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#42D1C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D1C2

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D1C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D1C2	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C5C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B6C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d1c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.121 184.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e0d4',
    500: '#42d1c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d1c2;
$custom-light: #89e0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d1c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.706,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78212,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 184.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D1C2

secondary

#83353D

accent

#4455E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D1C2

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

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