#42D3D3#42D3D3

#42D3D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.120 H 195.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3D3
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 211)
HSL	hsl(180, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -37.17, -11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 38.81, 196.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.1154 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.12 195)
XYZ	xyz(37.2936, 52.4456, 69.7729)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3D3 #D34242

analogous

#42D38B #42D3D3 #428BD3

triadic

#42D3D3 #D342D3 #D3D342

tetradic

#42D3D3 #8B42D3 #D34242 #8BD342

square

#42D3D3 #8B42D3 #D34242 #8BD342

split-complementary

#42D3D3 #D3428B #D38B42

monochromatic

#1D7D7D #29AFAF #42D3D3 #74DFDF #A5EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42D3D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#42D3D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3D3

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3D3	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C9D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B9D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.120 195.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be1e0',
    500: '#42d3d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3d3;
$custom-light: #8be1e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79251,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 195
  },
  "luminance": 0.5245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3D3

secondary

#853434

accent

#4242E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3D3

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

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