#42D9C2#42D9C2

#42D9C2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.129 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D9C2
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 194)
HSL	hsl(171, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(171, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 10.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -44.45, -0.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 44.45, 180.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.1288 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.129 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7925, 54.6747, 59.6427)
Luminance	0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D9C2 #D94259

analogous

#42D976 #42D9C2 #42A4D9

triadic

#42D9C2 #C242D9 #D9C242

tetradic

#42D9C2 #7642D9 #D94259 #A4D942

square

#42D9C2 #7642D9 #D94259 #A4D942

split-complementary

#42D9C2 #D942A4 #D97642

monochromatic

#1B8675 #25B9A2 #42D9C2 #75E3D2 #A8EDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42D9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#42D9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D9C2

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D9C2	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CCC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBDC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.129 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be5d4',
    500: '#42d9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d9c2;
$custom-light: #8be5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.861,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80157,
    "c": 0.12883,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D9C2

secondary

#8C3341

accent

#3E58E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D9C2

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

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