#42DACD#42DACD

#42DACD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.126 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DACD
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 205)
HSL	hsl(175, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -41.99, -5.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 42.30, 186.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.1249 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.126 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.3324, 55.7044, 66.4775)
Luminance	0.5571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DACD #DA424F

analogous

#42DA81 #42DACD #429BDA

triadic

#42DACD #CD42DA #DACD42

tetradic

#42DACD #8142DA #DA424F #9BDA42

square

#42DACD #8142DA #DA424F #9BDA42

split-complementary

#42DACD #DA429B #DA8142

monochromatic

#1A877E #24BAAE #42DACD #75E4DB #A8EEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DACD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#42DACD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DACD

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#CFCECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dacd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.126 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be6dc',
    500: '#42dacd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dacd;
$custom-light: #8be6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dacd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.868,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80736,
    "c": 0.12577,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DACD

secondary

#8D333B

accent

#3E4CEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DACD

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

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