#42D9C5#42D9C5

#42D9C5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.128 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D9C5
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 197)
HSL	hsl(172, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 9.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -43.67, -1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 43.70, 182.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.1275 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.128 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1328, 54.8109, 61.4350)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D9C5 #D94256

analogous

#42D979 #42D9C5 #42A1D9

triadic

#42D9C5 #C542D9 #D9C542

tetradic

#42D9C5 #7942D9 #D94256 #A1D942

square

#42D9C5 #7942D9 #D94256 #A1D942

split-complementary

#42D9C5 #D942A1 #D97942

monochromatic

#1B8678 #25B9A5 #42D9C5 #75E3D5 #A8EDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42D9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#42D9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D9C5

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D9C5	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)

#CFCDC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABDC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.128 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be5d6',
    500: '#42d9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d9c5;
$custom-light: #8be5d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.053,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80247,
    "c": 0.12759,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D9C5

secondary

#8C333F

accent

#3E55E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D9C5

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

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