#42D2C4#42D2C4

#42D2C4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.122 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2C4
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 196)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 6.7%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -40.84, -4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 41.05, 185.81°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.121 -0.0119)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.122 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2525, 51.2329, 60.2449)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2C4 #D24250

analogous

#42D27C #42D2C4 #4298D2

triadic

#42D2C4 #C442D2 #D2C442

tetradic

#42D2C4 #7C42D2 #D24250 #98D242

square

#42D2C4 #7C42D2 #D24250 #98D242

split-complementary

#42D2C4 #D24298 #D27C42

monochromatic

#1E7C73 #29ADA1 #42D2C4 #73DED3 #A5EAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D2C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#42D2C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2C4

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2C4	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C6C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B7C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.122 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae0d5',
    500: '#42d2c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2c4;
$custom-light: #8ae0d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.167,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78518,
    "c": 0.12157,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2C4

secondary

#84343C

accent

#4353E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2C4

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

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