#42D9D6#42D9D6

#42D9D6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.123 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D9D6
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 214)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -39.08, -9.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 40.33, 194.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.12 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.123 193)
XYZ	xyz(39.1917, 55.6344, 72.2783)
Luminance	0.5564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D9D6 #D94245

analogous

#42D98A #42D9D6 #4290D9

triadic

#42D9D6 #D642D9 #D9D642

tetradic

#42D9D6 #8A42D9 #D94245 #90D942

square

#42D9D6 #8A42D9 #D94245 #90D942

split-complementary

#42D9D6 #D94290 #D98A42

monochromatic

#1B8684 #25B9B6 #42D9D6 #75E3E1 #A8EDEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42D9D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#42D9D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D9D6

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D9D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D9D6	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCED6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.123 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5e2',
    500: '#42d9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d9d6;
$custom-light: #8ce5e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.808,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80788,
    "c": 0.12321,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.55639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D9D6

secondary

#8C3335

accent

#3E42E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D9D6

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →