#42D6D8#42D6D8

#42D6D8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.121 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6D8
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 216)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -37.14, -12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 39.12, 198.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.1163 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.121 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6824, 54.2047, 73.3763)
Luminance	0.5421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6D8 #D84442

analogous

#42D88F #42D6D8 #428BD8

triadic

#42D6D8 #D842D6 #D6D842

tetradic

#42D6D8 #8F42D8 #D84442 #8BD842

square

#42D6D8 #8F42D8 #D84442 #8BD842

split-complementary

#42D6D8 #D8428B #D88F42

monochromatic

#1B8384 #26B5B7 #42D6D8 #75E1E2 #A7ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42D6D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#42D6D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6D8

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6D8	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CCD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.121 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce3e4',
    500: '#42d6d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6d8;
$custom-light: #8ce3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80139,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6D8

secondary

#8B3433

accent

#413FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6D8

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

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