#42D8D1#42D8D1

#42D8D1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.123 H 190.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D8D1
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 209)
HSL	hsl(177, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 3.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -40.01, -7.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 40.79, 191.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.1212 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.123 190.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.3059, 54.8690, 68.8812)
Luminance	0.5487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D8D1 #D84249

analogous

#42D886 #42D8D1 #4294D8

triadic

#42D8D1 #D142D8 #D8D142

tetradic

#42D8D1 #8642D8 #D84249 #94D842

square

#42D8D1 #8642D8 #D84249 #94D842

split-complementary

#42D8D1 #D84294 #D88642

monochromatic

#1B847F #26B7B0 #42D8D1 #75E2DD #A7EDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42D8D1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#42D8D1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D8D1

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D8D1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D8D1	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCDD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDD2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d8d1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.123 190.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be4df',
    500: '#42d8d1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d8d1;
$custom-light: #8be4df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d8d1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80384,
    "c": 0.12324,
    "h": 190.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D8D1

secondary

#8B3337

accent

#3F47E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D8D1

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

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