#42D8D4#42D8D4

#42D8D4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.123 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D8D4
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 212)
HSL	hsl(178, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 1.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -39.18, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 40.30, 193.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.1199 -0.0263)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.123 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6809, 55.0189, 70.8557)
Luminance	0.5502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D8D4 #D84246

analogous

#42D889 #42D8D4 #4291D8

triadic

#42D8D4 #D442D8 #D8D442

tetradic

#42D8D4 #8942D8 #D84246 #91D842

square

#42D8D4 #8942D8 #D84246 #91D842

split-complementary

#42D8D4 #D84291 #D88942

monochromatic

#1B8481 #26B7B3 #42D8D4 #75E2E0 #A7EDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42D8D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#42D8D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D8D4

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D8D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D8D4	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCDD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BDD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d8d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.123 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce4e1',
    500: '#42d8d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d8d4;
$custom-light: #8ce4e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d8d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80482,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D8D4

secondary

#8B3336

accent

#3F44E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D8D4

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

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