#42DACF#42DACF

#42DACF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.125 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DACF
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 207)
HSL	hsl(176, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -41.45, -6.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 41.89, 188.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.124 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.125 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.5754, 55.8015, 67.7571)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DACF #DA424D

analogous

#42DA83 #42DACF #4299DA

triadic

#42DACF #CF42DA #DACF42

tetradic

#42DACF #8342DA #DA424D #99DA42

square

#42DACF #8342DA #DA424D #99DA42

split-complementary

#42DACF #DA4299 #DA8342

monochromatic

#1A877F #24BAAF #42DACF #75E4DC #A8EEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DACF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#42DACF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DACF

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DACF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DACF	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BED0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dacf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.125 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce6dd',
    500: '#42dacf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dacf;
$custom-light: #8ce6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dacf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.658,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.808,
    "c": 0.12523,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DACF

secondary

#8D3339

accent

#3E4AEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DACF

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

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