#42D7D9#42D7D9

#42D7D9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.122 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7D9
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 217)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -37.32, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 39.30, 198.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.1168 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.122 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.0659, 54.7643, 74.1439)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7D9 #D94442

analogous

#42D990 #42D7D9 #428BD9

triadic

#42D7D9 #D942D7 #D7D942

tetradic

#42D7D9 #9042D9 #D94442 #8BD942

square

#42D7D9 #9042D9 #D94442 #8BD942

split-complementary

#42D7D9 #D9428B #D99042

monochromatic

#1B8486 #25B7B9 #42D7D9 #75E2E3 #A8EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42D7D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#42D7D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7D9

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7D9	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CDD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.122 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce4e4',
    500: '#42d7d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7d9;
$custom-light: #8ce4e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.795,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80412,
    "c": 0.12172,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7D9

secondary

#8C3433

accent

#413EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7D9

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

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