#42D5CE#42D5CE

#42D5CE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.122 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D5CE
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(177, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -39.48, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 40.24, 191.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.1196 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.122 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1765, 53.1987, 66.6896)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D5CE #D54249

analogous

#42D585 #42D5CE #4292D5

triadic

#42D5CE #CE42D5 #D5CE42

tetradic

#42D5CE #8542D5 #D54249 #92D542

square

#42D5CE #8542D5 #D54249 #92D542

split-complementary

#42D5CE #D54292 #D58542

monochromatic

#1C807B #28B2AC #42D5CE #74E0DB #A6EBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#42D5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5CE

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D5CE	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.122 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be2dc',
    500: '#42d5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d5ce;
$custom-light: #8be2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79564,
    "c": 0.12154,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D5CE

secondary

#873438

accent

#4149E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFC

border

#CED5D5

text

#0D1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5CE

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

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