#42D9D5#42D9D5

#42D9D5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.123 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D9D5
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 213)
HSL	hsl(178, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 1.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.38, -39.35, -9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.38, 40.48, 193.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.1205 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.123 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0644, 55.5835, 71.6078)
Luminance	0.5559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D9D5 #D94246

analogous

#42D98A #42D9D5 #4291D9

triadic

#42D9D5 #D542D9 #D9D542

tetradic

#42D9D5 #8A42D9 #D94246 #91D942

square

#42D9D5 #8A42D9 #D94246 #91D942

split-complementary

#42D9D5 #D94291 #D98A42

monochromatic

#1B8683 #25B9B5 #42D9D5 #75E3E0 #A8EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42D9D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#42D9D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D9D5

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D9D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D9D5	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCED5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BED6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d9d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.123 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5e1',
    500: '#42d9d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d9d5;
$custom-light: #8ce5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d9d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.411,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80755,
    "c": 0.12333,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D9D5

secondary

#8C3335

accent

#3E43E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D9D5

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

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