#42D6CA#42D6CA

#42D6CA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.123 H 187.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6CA
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 202)
HSL	hsl(175, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(175, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 5.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -41.02, -5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 41.37, 187.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.1223 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.123 187.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9490, 53.5114, 64.2471)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6CA #D6424E

analogous

#42D680 #42D6CA #4298D6

triadic

#42D6CA #CA42D6 #D6CA42

tetradic

#42D6CA #8042D6 #D6424E #98D642

square

#42D6CA #8042D6 #D6424E #98D642

split-complementary

#42D6CA #D64298 #D68042

monochromatic

#1C8279 #27B4A8 #42D6CA #74E1D8 #A7ECE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42D6CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#42D6CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6CA

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6CA	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)

#CBCACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.123 187.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be3da',
    500: '#42d6ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6ca;
$custom-light: #8be3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.135,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79676,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 187.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6CA

secondary

#88343B

accent

#404EE7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6CA

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

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