#42DAD0#42DAD0

#42DAD0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.125 H 188.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAD0
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 208)
HSL	hsl(176, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 4.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, -41.18, -6.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 41.70, 189.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.1236 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.125 188.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.6980, 55.8506, 68.4030)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAD0 #DA424C

analogous

#42DA84 #42DAD0 #4298DA

triadic

#42DAD0 #D042DA #DAD042

tetradic

#42DAD0 #8442DA #DA424C #98DA42

square

#42DAD0 #8442DA #DA424C #98DA42

split-complementary

#42DAD0 #DA4298 #DA8442

monochromatic

#1A8780 #24BAB0 #42DAD0 #75E4DD #A8EEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DAD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#42DAD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAD0

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAD0	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BED1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dad0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.125 188.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce6de',
    500: '#42dad0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dad0;
$custom-light: #8ce6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dad0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.053,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80832,
    "c": 0.125,
    "h": 188.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAD0

secondary

#8D3339

accent

#3E49EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAD0

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

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