#42D1D7#42D1D7

#42D1D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.118 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D1D7
RGB	rgb(66, 209, 215)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 2.8%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -35.11, -13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 37.79, 201.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.1118 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.118 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3075, 51.6611, 72.2822)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D1D7 #D74842

analogous

#42D792 #42D1D7 #4287D7

triadic

#42D1D7 #D742D1 #D1D742

tetradic

#42D1D7 #9242D7 #D74842 #87D742

square

#42D1D7 #9242D7 #D74842 #87D742

split-complementary

#42D1D7 #D74287 #D79242

monochromatic

#1C7F83 #26B0B5 #42D1D7 #75DDE2 #A7EAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D1D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#42D1D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D1D7

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D1D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D1D7	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C8D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d1d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.118 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdfe3',
    500: '#42d1d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d1d7;
$custom-light: #8bdfe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d1d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.416,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78911,
    "c": 0.11833,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D1D7

secondary

#8A3734

accent

#4740E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D1D7

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

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