#42D9D7#42D9D7

#42D9D7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.123 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D9D7
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 215)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 0.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -38.80, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 40.18, 195.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.82% -0.1196 -0.0291)
OKLCH	oklch(80.82% 0.123 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3198, 55.6856, 72.9529)
Luminance	0.5569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D9D7 #D94244

analogous

#42D98B #42D9D7 #4290D9

triadic

#42D9D7 #D742D9 #D9D742

tetradic

#42D9D7 #8B42D9 #D94244 #90D942

square

#42D9D7 #8B42D9 #D94244 #90D942

split-complementary

#42D9D7 #D94290 #D98B42

monochromatic

#1B8684 #25B9B7 #42D9D7 #75E3E2 #A8EDED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42D9D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#42D9D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D9D7

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D9D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D9D7	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCED7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d9d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.123 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce5e3',
    500: '#42d9d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d9d7;
$custom-light: #8ce5e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d9d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.205,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80822,
    "c": 0.1231,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D9D7

secondary

#8C3334

accent

#3E41E9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D9D7

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

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