#42D3CE#42D3CE

#42D3CE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.120 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3CE
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 206)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 2.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -38.57, -8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 39.53, 192.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.1176 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.12 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6765, 52.1988, 66.5230)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3CE #D34247

analogous

#42D386 #42D3CE #4290D3

triadic

#42D3CE #CE42D3 #D3CE42

tetradic

#42D3CE #8642D3 #D34247 #90D342

square

#42D3CE #8642D3 #D34247 #90D342

split-complementary

#42D3CE #D34290 #D38642

monochromatic

#1D7D7A #29AFAA #42D3CE #74DFDB #A5EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#42D3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#42D3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3CE

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3CE	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.120 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be1dc',
    500: '#42d3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3ce;
$custom-light: #8be1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.931,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79083,
    "c": 0.12006,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3CE

secondary

#853437

accent

#4248E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3CE

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

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