#42D5D3#42D5D3

#42D5D3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.121 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D5D3
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 211)
HSL	hsl(179, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 0.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -38.09, -10.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 39.45, 195.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.1174 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.121 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7935, 53.4455, 69.9396)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D5D3 #D54244

analogous

#42D58A #42D5D3 #428DD5

triadic

#42D5D3 #D342D5 #D5D342

tetradic

#42D5D3 #8A42D5 #D54244 #8DD542

square

#42D5D3 #8A42D5 #D54244 #8DD542

split-complementary

#42D5D3 #D5428D #D58A42

monochromatic

#1C807F #28B2B0 #42D5D3 #74E0DF #A6EBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D5D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#42D5D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5D3

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D5D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D5D3	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CBD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BAD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d5d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.121 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be2e0',
    500: '#42d5d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d5d3;
$custom-light: #8be2e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d5d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.184,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7973,
    "c": 0.12083,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D5D3

secondary

#873435

accent

#4143E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5D3

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

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