#42DACE#42DACE

#42DACE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.125 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DACE
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(175, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -41.72, -5.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 42.09, 187.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.1245 -0.0158)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.125 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.4535, 55.7528, 67.1153)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DACE #DA424E

analogous

#42DA82 #42DACE #429ADA

triadic

#42DACE #CE42DA #DACE42

tetradic

#42DACE #8242DA #DA424E #9ADA42

square

#42DACE #8242DA #DA424E #9ADA42

split-complementary

#42DACE #DA429A #DA8242

monochromatic

#1A877F #24BAAE #42DACE #75E4DB #A8EEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#42DACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DACE

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DACE	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.125 187.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.263,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80768,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DACE

secondary

#8D333A

accent

#3E4BEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DACE

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

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