#42D3D2#42D3D2

#42D3D2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.120 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3D2
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 210)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -37.45, -10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 38.94, 195.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.1159 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.12 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1686, 52.3956, 69.1147)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3D2 #D34243

analogous

#42D38A #42D3D2 #428CD3

triadic

#42D3D2 #D242D3 #D3D242

tetradic

#42D3D2 #8A42D3 #D34243 #8CD342

square

#42D3D2 #8A42D3 #D34243 #8CD342

split-complementary

#42D3D2 #D3428C #D38A42

monochromatic

#1D7D7D #29AFAE #42D3D2 #74DFDE #A5EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42D3D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#42D3D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3D2

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3D2	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6C9D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B9D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.120 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be1df',
    500: '#42d3d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3d2;
$custom-light: #8be1df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.586,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79217,
    "c": 0.11959,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3D2

secondary

#853435

accent

#4244E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3D2

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

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