#42D7D8#42D7D8

#42D7D8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.122 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7D8
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 216)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(180, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -37.60, -11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 39.42, 197.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.1172 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.122 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9363, 54.7124, 73.4609)
Luminance	0.5472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7D8 #D84342

analogous

#42D88E #42D7D8 #428CD8

triadic

#42D7D8 #D842D7 #D7D842

tetradic

#42D7D8 #8E42D8 #D84342 #8CD842

square

#42D7D8 #8E42D8 #D84342 #8CD842

split-complementary

#42D7D8 #D8428C #D88E42

monochromatic

#1B8484 #26B6B7 #42D7D8 #75E2E2 #A7ECED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42D7D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#42D7D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7D8

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7D8	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CDD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BCD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.122 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce4e4',
    500: '#42d7d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7d8;
$custom-light: #8ce4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80378,
    "c": 0.12175,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7D8

secondary

#8B3433

accent

#403FE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7D8

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

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