#42DFC6#42DFC6

#42DFC6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.133 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFC6
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 198)
HSL	hsl(170, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(170, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 11.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.74, -46.01, 0.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.74, 46.01, 179.35°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.1329 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.133 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8225, 58.0063, 62.5654)
Luminance	0.5801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFC6 #DF425B

analogous

#42DF78 #42DFC6 #42AADF

triadic

#42DFC6 #C642DF #DFC642

tetradic

#42DFC6 #7842DF #DF425B #AADF42

square

#42DFC6 #7842DF #DF425B #AADF42

split-complementary

#42DFC6 #DF42AA #DF7842

monochromatic

#188E7C #21C3A9 #42DFC6 #76E8D6 #ABF1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#42DFC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#42DFC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFC6

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFC6	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6D2C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.133 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cead7',
    500: '#42dfc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfc6;
$custom-light: #8cead7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.446,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81731,
    "c": 0.13294,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFC6

secondary

#943241

accent

#3A57EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFC6

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

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