#42D7D3#42D7D3

#42D7D3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.122 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7D3
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 211)
HSL	hsl(178, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 1.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -39.00, -9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 40.11, 193.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.1194 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.122 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2997, 54.4578, 70.1083)
Luminance	0.5446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7D3 #D74246

analogous

#42D788 #42D7D3 #4291D7

triadic

#42D7D3 #D342D7 #D7D342

tetradic

#42D7D3 #8842D7 #D74246 #91D742

square

#42D7D3 #8842D7 #D74246 #91D742

split-complementary

#42D7D3 #D74291 #D78842

monochromatic

#1C8380 #26B5B2 #42D7D3 #75E2DF #A7ECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42D7D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#42D7D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7D3

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7D3	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACCD3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BCD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.122 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce4e0',
    500: '#42d7d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7d3;
$custom-light: #8ce4e0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.389,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8021,
    "c": 0.1222,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7D3

secondary

#8A3436

accent

#4044E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7D3

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

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