#42D2D0#42D2D0

#42D2D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.119 H 193.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2D0
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 208)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 1%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.16, -37.55, -10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.16, 38.89, 195.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.91% -0.1157 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(78.91% 0.119 193.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6734, 51.8012, 67.7281)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2D0 #D24244

analogous

#42D288 #42D2D0 #428CD2

triadic

#42D2D0 #D042D2 #D2D042

tetradic

#42D2D0 #8842D2 #D24244 #8CD242

square

#42D2D0 #8842D2 #D24244 #8CD242

split-complementary

#42D2D0 #D2428C #D28842

monochromatic

#1E7C7B #29ADAC #42D2D0 #73DEDC #A5EAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D2D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#42D2D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2D0

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2D0	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB8D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.119 193.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be0de',
    500: '#42d2d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2d0;
$custom-light: #8be0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.167,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78909,
    "c": 0.11911,
    "h": 193.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2D0

secondary

#843436

accent

#4345E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2D0

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

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