#42DAD2#42DAD2

#42DAD2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.125 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAD2
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 210)
HSL	hsl(177, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 3.7%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.59, -40.63, -7.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.59, 41.33, 190.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.9% -0.1227 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(80.9% 0.125 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.9456, 55.9496, 69.7071)
Luminance	0.5595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAD2 #DA424A

analogous

#42DA86 #42DAD2 #4296DA

triadic

#42DAD2 #D242DA #DAD242

tetradic

#42DAD2 #8642DA #DA424A #96DA42

square

#42DAD2 #8642DA #DA424A #96DA42

split-complementary

#42DAD2 #DA4296 #DA8642

monochromatic

#1A8781 #24BAB2 #42DAD2 #75E4DE #A8EEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DAD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#42DAD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAD2

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAD2	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECFD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BED3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dad2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.125 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce6df',
    500: '#42dad2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dad2;
$custom-light: #8ce6df;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dad2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.842,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80896,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAD2

secondary

#8D3338

accent

#3E47EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAD2

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

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