#42D4CD#42D4CD

#42D4CD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.121 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D4CD
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 205)
HSL	hsl(177, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -39.30, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 40.05, 191.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.119 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.121 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8046, 52.6487, 65.9683)
Luminance	0.5265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D4CD #D44249

analogous

#42D484 #42D4CD #4292D4

triadic

#42D4CD #CD42D4 #D4CD42

tetradic

#42D4CD #8442D4 #D44249 #92D442

square

#42D4CD #8442D4 #D44249 #92D442

split-complementary

#42D4CD #D44292 #D48442

monochromatic

#1D7F7A #28B1AA #42D4CD #74DFDA #A6EBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#42D4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4CD

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D4CD	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)

#C8C9CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.121 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be2dc',
    500: '#42d4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d4cd;
$custom-light: #8be2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.123,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7929,
    "c": 0.12097,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D4CD

secondary

#863438

accent

#424AE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D4CD

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

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