#42DAD1#42DAD1

#42DAD1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.125 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAD1
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 209)
HSL	hsl(176, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(176, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 4.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -40.91, -7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 41.51, 189.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.1232 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.125 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8214, 55.9000, 69.0530)
Luminance	0.5591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAD1 #DA424B

analogous

#42DA85 #42DAD1 #4297DA

triadic

#42DAD1 #D142DA #DAD142

tetradic

#42DAD1 #8542DA #DA424B #97DA42

square

#42DAD1 #8542DA #DA424B #97DA42

split-complementary

#42DAD1 #DA4297 #DA8542

monochromatic

#1A8781 #24BAB1 #42DAD1 #75E4DD #A8EEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DAD1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#42DAD1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAD1

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAD1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAD1	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECFD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BED2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dad1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.125 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce6df',
    500: '#42dad1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dad1;
$custom-light: #8ce6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dad1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.447,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80864,
    "c": 0.12477,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAD1

secondary

#8D3338

accent

#3E48EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAD1

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

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