#42D3C5#42D3C5

#42D3C5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.122 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3C5
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 197)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 6.6%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -41.02, -4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 41.24, 185.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.1215 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.122 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.6143, 51.7739, 60.9289)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3C5 #D34250

analogous

#42D37D #42D3C5 #4299D3

triadic

#42D3C5 #C542D3 #D3C542

tetradic

#42D3C5 #7D42D3 #D34250 #99D342

square

#42D3C5 #7D42D3 #D34250 #99D342

split-complementary

#42D3C5 #D34299 #D37D42

monochromatic

#1D7D74 #29AFA2 #42D3C5 #74DFD4 #A5EAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D3C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#42D3C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3C5

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3C5	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)

#C8C7C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.122 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae1d6',
    500: '#42d3c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3c5;
$custom-light: #8ae1d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.207,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78792,
    "c": 0.12214,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3C5

secondary

#85343C

accent

#4252E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3C5

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

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