#42D2C8#42D2C8

#42D2C8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.120 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2C8
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 200)
HSL	hsl(176, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 4.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -39.76, -6.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 40.23, 188.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.1192 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.12 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7138, 51.4174, 62.6747)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2C8 #D2424C

analogous

#42D280 #42D2C8 #4294D2

triadic

#42D2C8 #C842D2 #D2C842

tetradic

#42D2C8 #8042D2 #D2424C #94D242

square

#42D2C8 #8042D2 #D2424C #94D242

split-complementary

#42D2C8 #D24294 #D28042

monochromatic

#1E7C75 #29ADA4 #42D2C8 #73DED6 #A5EAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D2C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#42D2C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2C8

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2C8	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C7C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.120 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae0d8',
    500: '#42d2c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2c8;
$custom-light: #8ae0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.833,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78645,
    "c": 0.12048,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2C8

secondary

#84343A

accent

#434EE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2C8

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

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