#42D6D9#42D6D9

#42D6D9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.121 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6D9
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 217)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -36.86, -12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 39.01, 199.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.1158 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.121 197)
XYZ	xyz(38.8121, 54.2566, 74.0592)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6D9 #D94542

analogous

#42D990 #42D6D9 #428AD9

triadic

#42D6D9 #D942D6 #D6D942

tetradic

#42D6D9 #9042D9 #D94542 #8AD942

square

#42D6D9 #9042D9 #D94542 #8AD942

split-complementary

#42D6D9 #D9428A #D99042

monochromatic

#1B8486 #25B6B9 #42D6D9 #75E1E3 #A8ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42D6D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#42D6D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6D9

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6D9	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.121 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce3e4',
    500: '#42d6d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6d9;
$custom-light: #8ce3e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.192,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80174,
    "c": 0.12113,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.54261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6D9

secondary

#8C3533

accent

#423EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6D9

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

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