#42D4D5#42D4D5

#42D4D5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.120 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D4D5
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 213)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -37.07, -11.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 38.87, 197.49°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.1156 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.12 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7951, 53.0449, 71.1847)
Luminance	0.5305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D4D5 #D54342

analogous

#42D58C #42D4D5 #428BD5

triadic

#42D4D5 #D542D4 #D4D542

tetradic

#42D4D5 #8C42D5 #D54342 #8BD542

square

#42D4D5 #8C42D5 #D54342 #8BD542

split-complementary

#42D4D5 #D5428B #D58C42

monochromatic

#1C7F80 #28B1B2 #42D4D5 #74DFE0 #A6EBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D4D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#42D4D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4D5

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D4D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D4D5	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CAD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BAD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d4d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.120 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be1e1',
    500: '#42d4d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d4d5;
$custom-light: #8be1e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d4d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.408,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79558,
    "c": 0.12005,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D4D5

secondary

#873434

accent

#4241E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D4D5

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

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