#42DAC9#42DAC9

#42DAC9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.127 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAC9
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 201)
HSL	hsl(173, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(173, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 7.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -43.06, -3.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 43.17, 184.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.1267 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.127 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8558, 55.5137, 63.9671)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAC9 #DA4253

analogous

#42DA7D #42DAC9 #429FDA

triadic

#42DAC9 #C942DA #DAC942

tetradic

#42DAC9 #7D42DA #DA4253 #9FDA42

square

#42DAC9 #7D42DA #DA4253 #9FDA42

split-complementary

#42DAC9 #DA429F #DA7D42

monochromatic

#1A877B #24BAAA #42DAC9 #75E4D8 #A8EEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DAC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#42DAC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAC9

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAC9	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCEC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.127 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be6d9',
    500: '#42dac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dac9;
$custom-light: #8be6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.289,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80611,
    "c": 0.12703,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAC9

secondary

#8D333D

accent

#3E51EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAC9

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

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