#42D2D5#42D2D5

#42D2D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.119 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2D5
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 213)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 1.4%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -36.14, -12.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 38.27, 199.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.1136 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.119 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2982, 52.0512, 71.0190)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2D5 #D54542

analogous

#42D58E #42D2D5 #4289D5

triadic

#42D2D5 #D542D2 #D2D542

tetradic

#42D2D5 #8E42D5 #D54542 #89D542

square

#42D2D5 #8E42D5 #D54542 #89D542

split-complementary

#42D2D5 #D54289 #D58E42

monochromatic

#1C7E80 #28AFB2 #42D2D5 #74DEE0 #A6EAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#42D2D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#42D2D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2D5

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2D5	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C8D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB8D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.119 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be0e1',
    500: '#42d2d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2d5;
$custom-light: #8be0e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.224,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7908,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2D5

secondary

#873634

accent

#4541E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2D5

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

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