#42DAD5#42DAD5

#42DAD5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.124 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAD5
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 213)
HSL	hsl(178, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 2.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -39.81, -9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 40.82, 192.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.1214 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.124 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.3229, 56.1005, 71.6939)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAD5 #DA4247

analogous

#42DA89 #42DAD5 #4293DA

triadic

#42DAD5 #D542DA #DAD542

tetradic

#42DAD5 #8942DA #DA4247 #93DA42

square

#42DAD5 #8942DA #DA4247 #93DA42

split-complementary

#42DAD5 #DA4293 #DA8942

monochromatic

#1A8784 #24BAB5 #42DAD5 #75E4E0 #A8EEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#42DAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAD5

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAD5	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCFD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BFD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.124 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce6e1',
    500: '#42dad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dad5;
$custom-light: #8ce6e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.026,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80995,
    "c": 0.12404,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAD5

secondary

#8D3336

accent

#3E43EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAD5

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

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