#42DFC5#42DFC5

#42DFC5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.133 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFC5
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 197)
HSL	hsl(170, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(170, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 11.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -46.27, 1.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 46.28, 178.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.1334 0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.133 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7075, 57.9603, 61.9599)
Luminance	0.5796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFC5 #DF425C

analogous

#42DF77 #42DFC5 #42AADF

triadic

#42DFC5 #C542DF #DFC542

tetradic

#42DFC5 #7742DF #DF425C #AADF42

square

#42DFC5 #7742DF #DF425C #AADF42

split-complementary

#42DFC5 #DF42AA #DF7742

monochromatic

#188E7B #21C3A8 #42DFC5 #76E8D5 #ABF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#42DFC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#42DFC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFC5

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFC5	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D2C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.133 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cead6',
    500: '#42dfc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfc5;
$custom-light: #8cead6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.064,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81702,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFC5

secondary

#943242

accent

#3A58EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFC5

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

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