#42D3C8#42D3C8

#42D3C8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.121 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3C8
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 200)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(175, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 5.2%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -40.21, -5.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 40.62, 188.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.1202 -0.0161)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.121 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9615, 51.9128, 62.7573)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3C8 #D3424D

analogous

#42D380 #42D3C8 #4296D3

triadic

#42D3C8 #C842D3 #D3C842

tetradic

#42D3C8 #8042D3 #D3424D #96D342

square

#42D3C8 #8042D3 #D3424D #96D342

split-complementary

#42D3C8 #D34296 #D38042

monochromatic

#1D7D76 #29AFA5 #42D3C8 #74DFD6 #A5EAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#42D3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#42D3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3C8

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3C8	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C8C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.121 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae1d8',
    500: '#42d3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3c8;
$custom-light: #8ae1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.448,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78887,
    "c": 0.12129,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3C8

secondary

#85343A

accent

#424FE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3C8

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

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