#42DAD4#42DAD4

#42DAD4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.124 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAD4
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 212)
HSL	hsl(178, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 2.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -40.08, -8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 40.99, 192.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.1219 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.124 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.1964, 56.0499, 71.0275)
Luminance	0.5605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAD4 #DA4248

analogous

#42DA88 #42DAD4 #4294DA

triadic

#42DAD4 #D442DA #DAD442

tetradic

#42DAD4 #8842DA #DA4248 #94DA42

square

#42DAD4 #8842DA #DA4248 #94DA42

split-complementary

#42DAD4 #DA4294 #DA8842

monochromatic

#1A8783 #24BAB4 #42DAD4 #75E4E0 #A8EEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#42DAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAD4

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAD4	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.124 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce6e1',
    500: '#42dad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dad4;
$custom-light: #8ce6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.632,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80962,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAD4

secondary

#8D3336

accent

#3E44EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAD4

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

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