#42D1CD#42D1CD

#42D1CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.119 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D1CD
RGB	rgb(66, 209, 205)
HSL	hsl(178, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 1.9%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -37.93, -9.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 39.00, 193.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.116 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.119 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0616, 51.1628, 65.7206)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D1CD #D14246

analogous

#42D186 #42D1CD #428ED1

triadic

#42D1CD #CD42D1 #D1CD42

tetradic

#42D1CD #8642D1 #D14246 #8ED142

square

#42D1CD #8642D1 #D14246 #8ED142

split-complementary

#42D1CD #D1428E #D18642

monochromatic

#1E7B78 #2AACA8 #42D1CD #73DDDA #A4E9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#42D1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D1CD

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D1CD	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.119 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adfdc',
    500: '#42d1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d1cd;
$custom-light: #8adfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.322,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78568,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D1CD

secondary

#833537

accent

#4448E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D1CD

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

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