#42DACB#42DACB

#42DACB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.126 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DACB
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 203)
HSL	hsl(174, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 6.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.39, -42.52, -4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.39, 42.72, 185.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.1258 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.126 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0926, 55.6084, 65.2142)
Luminance	0.5561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DACB #DA4251

analogous

#42DA7F #42DACB #429DDA

triadic

#42DACB #CB42DA #DACB42

tetradic

#42DACB #7F42DA #DA4251 #9DDA42

square

#42DACB #7F42DA #DA4251 #9DDA42

split-complementary

#42DACB #DA429D #DA7F42

monochromatic

#1A877C #24BAAC #42DACB #75E4D9 #A8EEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DACB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#42DACB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DACB

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DACB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DACB	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)

#CFCECB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dacb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.126 185.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dacb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.079,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80673,
    "c": 0.12636,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DACB

secondary

#8D333C

accent

#3E4FEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DACB

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

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