#42D7D2#42D7D2

#42D7D2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.122 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7D2
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 210)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 2.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -39.28, -8.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 40.27, 192.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.1198 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.122 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1747, 54.4078, 69.4501)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7D2 #D74247

analogous

#42D788 #42D7D2 #4291D7

triadic

#42D7D2 #D242D7 #D7D242

tetradic

#42D7D2 #8842D7 #D74247 #91D742

square

#42D7D2 #8842D7 #D74247 #91D742

split-complementary

#42D7D2 #D74291 #D78842

monochromatic

#1C837F #26B5B1 #42D7D2 #75E2DE #A7ECEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42D7D2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#42D7D2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7D2

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7D2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7D2	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACCD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BCD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7d2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.122 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be4df',
    500: '#42d7d2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7d2;
$custom-light: #8be4df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7d2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.987,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80176,
    "c": 0.12235,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7D2

secondary

#8A3436

accent

#4045E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7D2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →