#42D6D4#42D6D4

#42D6D4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.121 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6D4
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 212)
HSL	hsl(179, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 0.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -38.27, -10.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 39.63, 195.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.118 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.121 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1716, 54.0004, 70.6859)
Luminance	0.5401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6D4 #D64244

analogous

#42D68A #42D6D4 #428ED6

triadic

#42D6D4 #D442D6 #D6D442

tetradic

#42D6D4 #8A42D6 #D64244 #8ED642

square

#42D6D4 #8A42D6 #D64244 #8ED642

split-complementary

#42D6D4 #D6428E #D68A42

monochromatic

#1C8280 #27B4B2 #42D6D4 #74E1DF #A7ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#42D6D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#42D6D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6D4

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6D4	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CBD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BBD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.121 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be3e1',
    500: '#42d6d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6d4;
$custom-light: #8be3e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.189,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80003,
    "c": 0.1214,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6D4

secondary

#883435

accent

#4043E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6D4

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

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