#42D3D7#42D3D7

#42D3D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.119 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3D7
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 215)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 1.9%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -36.04, -13.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 38.35, 199.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.1137 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.119 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.8013, 52.6487, 72.4468)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3D7 #D74642

analogous

#42D791 #42D3D7 #4288D7

triadic

#42D3D7 #D742D3 #D3D742

tetradic

#42D3D7 #9142D7 #D74642 #88D742

square

#42D3D7 #9142D7 #D74642 #88D742

split-complementary

#42D3D7 #D74288 #D79142

monochromatic

#1C8083 #26B2B5 #42D3D7 #75DFE2 #A7EBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D3D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#42D3D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3D7

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3D7	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C9D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB9D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.119 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be1e3',
    500: '#42d3d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3d7;
$custom-light: #8be1e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.611,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79389,
    "c": 0.11943,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3D7

secondary

#8A3634

accent

#4440E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3D7

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

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