#42D5D4#42D5D4

#42D5D4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.121 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D5D4
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 212)
HSL	hsl(180, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 0.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -37.81, -10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 39.31, 195.87°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% -0.117 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.121 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9193, 53.4958, 70.6018)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D5D4 #D54243

analogous

#42D58B #42D5D4 #428CD5

triadic

#42D5D4 #D442D5 #D5D442

tetradic

#42D5D4 #8B42D5 #D54243 #8CD542

square

#42D5D4 #8B42D5 #D54243 #8CD542

split-complementary

#42D5D4 #D5428C #D58B42

monochromatic

#1C807F #28B2B1 #42D5D4 #74E0DF #A6EBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42D5D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#42D5D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5D4

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D5D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D5D4	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CBD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BAD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d5d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.121 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be2e1',
    500: '#42d5d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d5d4;
$custom-light: #8be2e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d5d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.592,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79764,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D5D4

secondary

#873434

accent

#4142E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5D4

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

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