#42DAD7#42DAD7

#42DAD7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.124 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAD7
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 215)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(179, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 1.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -39.25, -10.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 40.51, 194.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.1206 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.124 193)
XYZ	xyz(39.5783, 56.2027, 73.0391)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAD7 #DA4245

analogous

#42DA8B #42DAD7 #4291DA

triadic

#42DAD7 #D742DA #DAD742

tetradic

#42DAD7 #8B42DA #DA4245 #91DA42

square

#42DAD7 #8B42DA #DA4245 #91DA42

split-complementary

#42DAD7 #DA4291 #DA8B42

monochromatic

#1A8785 #24BAB7 #42DAD7 #75E4E2 #A8EEED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DAD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#42DAD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAD7

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAD7	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCFD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BFD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dad7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.124 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ce6e3',
    500: '#42dad7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dad7;
$custom-light: #8ce6e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dad7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.816,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81061,
    "c": 0.12378,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.56207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAD7

secondary

#8D3335

accent

#3E41EA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAD7

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

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