#42DACA#42DACA

#42DACA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.127 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DACA
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 202)
HSL	hsl(174, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 7.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -42.79, -3.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 42.94, 184.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.1262 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.127 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9738, 55.5609, 64.5887)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DACA #DA4252

analogous

#42DA7E #42DACA #429EDA

triadic

#42DACA #CA42DA #DACA42

tetradic

#42DACA #7E42DA #DA4252 #9EDA42

square

#42DACA #7E42DA #DA4252 #9EDA42

split-complementary

#42DACA #DA429E #DA7E42

monochromatic

#1A877C #24BAAB #42DACA #75E4D8 #A8EEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DACA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#42DACA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DACA

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DACA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DACA	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42daca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.127 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be6da',
    500: '#42daca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42daca;
$custom-light: #8be6da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42daca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.684,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80642,
    "c": 0.12669,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DACA

secondary

#8D333C

accent

#3E50EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DACA

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

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