#42D2CD#42D2CD

#42D2CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.119 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2CD
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 205)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 2.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -38.39, -8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 39.35, 192.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.117 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.119 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3078, 51.6550, 65.8027)
Luminance	0.5166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2CD #D24247

analogous

#42D285 #42D2CD #428FD2

triadic

#42D2CD #CD42D2 #D2CD42

tetradic

#42D2CD #8542D2 #D24247 #8FD242

square

#42D2CD #8542D2 #D24247 #8FD242

split-complementary

#42D2CD #D2428F #D28542

monochromatic

#1E7C79 #29ADA9 #42D2CD #73DEDA #A5EAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#42D2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2CD

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2CD	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)

#C6C7CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B8CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.119 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae0dc',
    500: '#42d2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2cd;
$custom-light: #8ae0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.917,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78809,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2CD

secondary

#843437

accent

#4349E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2CD

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

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