#42D2C2#42D2C2

#42D2C2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.122 H 184.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2C2
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 194)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 7.6%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -41.38, -3.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 41.50, 184.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.1219 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.122 184.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0264, 51.1424, 59.0540)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2C2 #D24252

analogous

#42D27A #42D2C2 #429AD2

triadic

#42D2C2 #C242D2 #D2C242

tetradic

#42D2C2 #7A42D2 #D24252 #9AD242

square

#42D2C2 #7A42D2 #D24252 #9AD242

split-complementary

#42D2C2 #D2429A #D27A42

monochromatic

#1E7C72 #29AD9F #42D2C2 #73DED2 #A5EAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#42D2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2C2

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2C2	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)

#C8C6C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B7C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.122 184.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae0d4',
    500: '#42d2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2c2;
$custom-light: #8ae0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78455,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 184.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2C2

secondary

#84343D

accent

#4355E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2C2

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

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