#42D3C2#42D3C2

#42D3C2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.123 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3C2
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 194)
HSL	hsl(173, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 8.1%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -41.82, -2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 41.91, 183.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.1229 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.123 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2740, 51.6378, 59.1365)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3C2 #D34253

analogous

#42D37A #42D3C2 #429BD3

triadic

#42D3C2 #C242D3 #D3C242

tetradic

#42D3C2 #7A42D3 #D34253 #9BD342

square

#42D3C2 #7A42D3 #D34253 #9BD342

split-complementary

#42D3C2 #D3429B #D37A42

monochromatic

#1D7D72 #29AF9F #42D3C2 #74DFD2 #A5EAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D3C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#42D3C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3C2

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3C2	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)

#C9C7C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B8C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.123 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae1d4',
    500: '#42d3c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3c2;
$custom-light: #8ae1d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.966,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78698,
    "c": 0.12314,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3C2

secondary

#85343E

accent

#4256E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3C2

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

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