#42D9C1#42D9C1

#42D9C1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.129 H 179.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D9C1
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 193)
HSL	hsl(170, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(170, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 11.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -44.71, 0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 44.71, 179.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.1293 0.0003)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.129 179.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6806, 54.6300, 59.0532)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D9C1 #D9425A

analogous

#42D976 #42D9C1 #42A5D9

triadic

#42D9C1 #C142D9 #D9C142

tetradic

#42D9C1 #7642D9 #D9425A #A5D942

square

#42D9C1 #7642D9 #D9425A #A5D942

split-complementary

#42D9C1 #D942A5 #D97642

monochromatic

#1B8675 #25B9A1 #42D9C1 #75E3D2 #A8EDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42D9C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#42D9C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D9C1

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D9C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D9C1	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CCC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d9c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.129 179.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae5d3',
    500: '#42d9c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d9c1;
$custom-light: #8ae5d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d9c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.464,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80127,
    "c": 0.12928,
    "h": 179.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D9C1

secondary

#8C3341

accent

#3E5AE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D9C1

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

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