#42D1CE#42D1CE

#42D1CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.119 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D1CE
RGB	rgb(66, 209, 206)
HSL	hsl(179, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 1.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -37.65, -9.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 38.85, 194.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.1156 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.119 193)
XYZ	xyz(36.1827, 51.2112, 66.3584)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D1CE #D14245

analogous

#42D187 #42D1CE #428DD1

triadic

#42D1CE #CE42D1 #D1CE42

tetradic

#42D1CE #8742D1 #D14245 #8DD142

square

#42D1CE #8742D1 #D14245 #8DD142

split-complementary

#42D1CE #D1428D #D18742

monochromatic

#1E7B79 #2AACA9 #42D1CE #73DDDB #A4E9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#42D1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D1CE

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D1CE	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB7CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.119 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adfdc',
    500: '#42d1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d1ce;
$custom-light: #8adfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.741,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78601,
    "c": 0.11864,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.51215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D1CE

secondary

#833536

accent

#4447E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D1CE

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

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