#42D3D5#42D3D5

#42D3D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.119 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3D5
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 213)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0.9%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, -36.61, -12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 38.56, 198.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.1146 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.119 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5459, 52.5465, 71.1016)
Luminance	0.5255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3D5 #D54442

analogous

#42D58D #42D3D5 #428AD5

triadic

#42D3D5 #D542D3 #D3D542

tetradic

#42D3D5 #8D42D5 #D54442 #8AD542

square

#42D3D5 #8D42D5 #D54442 #8AD542

split-complementary

#42D3D5 #D5428A #D58D42

monochromatic

#1C7F80 #28B0B2 #42D3D5 #74DFE0 #A6EAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D3D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#42D3D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3D5

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3D5	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C9D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB9D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.119 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be1e1',
    500: '#42d3d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3d5;
$custom-light: #8be1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.816,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79319,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3D5

secondary

#873534

accent

#4341E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3D5

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

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