#42D5C3#42D5C3

#42D5C3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.125 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D5C3
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 195)
HSL	hsl(173, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 8.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -42.44, -2.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 42.51, 183.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.1244 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.125 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8866, 52.6827, 59.8966)
Luminance	0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D5C3 #D54254

analogous

#42D57A #42D5C3 #429ED5

triadic

#42D5C3 #C342D5 #D5C342

tetradic

#42D5C3 #7A42D5 #D54254 #9ED542

square

#42D5C3 #7A42D5 #D54254 #9ED542

split-complementary

#42D5C3 #D5429E #D57A42

monochromatic

#1C8074 #28B2A1 #42D5C3 #74E0D3 #A6EBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D5C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#42D5C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5C3

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D5C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D5C3	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC9C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BAC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d5c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.125 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae2d5',
    500: '#42d5c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d5c3;
$custom-light: #8ae2d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d5c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.653,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79215,
    "c": 0.12462,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D5C3

secondary

#87343E

accent

#4155E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5C3

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

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