#42D3C6#42D3C6

#42D3C6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.122 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3C6
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 198)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 6.2%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -40.75, -4.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 41.02, 186.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.1211 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.122 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7293, 51.8199, 61.5343)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3C6 #D3424F

analogous

#42D37E #42D3C6 #4297D3

triadic

#42D3C6 #C642D3 #D3C642

tetradic

#42D3C6 #7E42D3 #D3424F #97D342

square

#42D3C6 #7E42D3 #D3424F #97D342

split-complementary

#42D3C6 #D34297 #D37E42

monochromatic

#1D7D75 #29AFA3 #42D3C6 #74DFD5 #A5EAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D3C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#42D3C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3C6

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3C6	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)

#C8C8C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.122 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae1d7',
    500: '#42d3c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3c6;
$custom-light: #8ae1d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.621,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78823,
    "c": 0.12184,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3C6

secondary

#85343B

accent

#4251E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3C6

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

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