#42D3C4#42D3C4

#42D3C4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.122 H 185.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3C4
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 196)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 7.1%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -41.29, -3.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 41.46, 185.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.122 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.122 185)
XYZ	xyz(35.5001, 51.7282, 60.3274)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3C4 #D34251

analogous

#42D37C #42D3C4 #429AD3

triadic

#42D3C4 #C442D3 #D3C442

tetradic

#42D3C4 #7C42D3 #D34251 #9AD342

square

#42D3C4 #7C42D3 #D34251 #9AD342

split-complementary

#42D3C4 #D3429A #D37C42

monochromatic

#1D7D73 #29AFA1 #42D3C4 #74DFD3 #A5EAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D3C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#42D3C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3C4

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3C4	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C7C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B8C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.122 185.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae1d5',
    500: '#42d3c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3c4;
$custom-light: #8ae1d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.793,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7876,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 185
  },
  "luminance": 0.51732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3C4

secondary

#85343D

accent

#4253E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3C4

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

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