#42DAD6#42DAD6

#42DAD6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.124 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAD6
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 214)
HSL	hsl(178, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(178, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 1.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -39.53, -9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 40.66, 193.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.121 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.124 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.4502, 56.1515, 72.3645)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAD6 #DA4246

analogous

#42DA8A #42DAD6 #4292DA

triadic

#42DAD6 #D642DA #DAD642

tetradic

#42DAD6 #8A42DA #DA4246 #92DA42

square

#42DAD6 #8A42DA #DA4246 #92DA42

split-complementary

#42DAD6 #DA4292 #DA8A42

monochromatic

#1A8784 #24BAB6 #42DAD6 #75E4E1 #A8EEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DAD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#42DAD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAD6

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAD6	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCFD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dad6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.124 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce6e2',
    500: '#42dad6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dad6;
$custom-light: #8ce6e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dad6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.421,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81028,
    "c": 0.1239,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAD6

secondary

#8D3335

accent

#3E42EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAD6

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

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