#42D2C5#42D2C5

#42D2C5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.121 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2C5
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 197)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 6.2%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -40.58, -4.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 40.84, 186.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.1205 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.121 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3667, 51.2786, 60.8463)
Luminance	0.5128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2C5 #D2424F

analogous

#42D27D #42D2C5 #4297D2

triadic

#42D2C5 #C542D2 #D2C542

tetradic

#42D2C5 #7D42D2 #D2424F #97D242

square

#42D2C5 #7D42D2 #D2424F #97D242

split-complementary

#42D2C5 #D24297 #D27D42

monochromatic

#1E7C74 #29ADA2 #42D2C5 #73DED4 #A5EAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D2C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#42D2C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2C5

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2C5	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C7C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B7C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.121 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae0d6',
    500: '#42d2c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2c5;
$custom-light: #8ae0d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.583,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78549,
    "c": 0.12127,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2C5

secondary

#84343C

accent

#4352E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2C5

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

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