#42DACC#42DACC

#42DACC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.126 H 186.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DACC
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 204)
HSL	hsl(174, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(174, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 6.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -42.26, -4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 42.51, 186.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.1254 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.126 186)
XYZ	xyz(38.2121, 55.6562, 65.8439)
Luminance	0.5566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DACC #DA4250

analogous

#42DA80 #42DACC #429CDA

triadic

#42DACC #CC42DA #DACC42

tetradic

#42DACC #8042DA #DA4250 #9CDA42

square

#42DACC #8042DA #DA4250 #9CDA42

split-complementary

#42DACC #DA429C #DA8042

monochromatic

#1A877D #24BAAD #42DACC #75E4DA #A8EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DACC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#42DACC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DACC

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#CFCECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dacc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.126 186.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be6db',
    500: '#42dacc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dacc;
$custom-light: #8be6db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dacc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.474,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80705,
    "c": 0.12606,
    "h": 186
  },
  "luminance": 0.55661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DACC

secondary

#8D333B

accent

#3E4EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DACC

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

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