#42D2CE#42D2CE

#42D2CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.119 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2CE
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 206)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 1.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -38.11, -9.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 39.19, 193.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.1166 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.119 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4288, 51.7034, 66.4404)
Luminance	0.5171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2CE #D24246

analogous

#42D286 #42D2CE #428ED2

triadic

#42D2CE #CE42D2 #D2CE42

tetradic

#42D2CE #8642D2 #D24246 #8ED242

square

#42D2CE #8642D2 #D24246 #8ED242

split-complementary

#42D2CE #D2428E #D28642

monochromatic

#1E7C79 #29ADAA #42D2CE #73DEDB #A5EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#42D2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2CE

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2CE	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B8CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.119 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae0dc',
    500: '#42d2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2ce;
$custom-light: #8ae0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.333,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78842,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2CE

secondary

#843437

accent

#4348E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2CE

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

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