#42D7DA#42D7DA

#42D7DA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.122 H 197.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7DA
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 218)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(181, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -37.04, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 39.19, 199.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.1164 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.122 197)
XYZ	xyz(39.1964, 54.8165, 74.8309)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7DA #DA4542

analogous

#42DA91 #42D7DA #428BDA

triadic

#42D7DA #DA42D7 #D7DA42

tetradic

#42D7DA #9142DA #DA4542 #8BDA42

square

#42D7DA #9142DA #DA4542 #8BDA42

split-complementary

#42D7DA #DA428B #DA9142

monochromatic

#1A8587 #24B7BA #42D7DA #75E2E4 #A8EDEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42D7DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#42D7DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7DA

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7DA	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BCDB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.122 197.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce4e5',
    500: '#42d7da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7da;
$custom-light: #8ce4e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.184,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80447,
    "c": 0.12171,
    "h": 197
  },
  "luminance": 0.54821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7DA

secondary

#8D3533

accent

#413EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7DA

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

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