#42DFC8#42DFC8

#42DFC8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.132 H 180.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFC8
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 200)
HSL	hsl(171, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(171, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 10.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.79, -45.50, -0.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.79, 45.50, 180.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.132 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.132 180.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0547, 58.0992, 63.7883)
Luminance	0.5810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFC8 #DF4259

analogous

#42DF7A #42DFC8 #42A8DF

triadic

#42DFC8 #C842DF #DFC842

tetradic

#42DFC8 #7A42DF #DF4259 #A8DF42

square

#42DFC8 #7A42DF #DF4259 #A8DF42

split-complementary

#42DFC8 #DF42A8 #DF7A42

monochromatic

#188E7D #21C3AB #42DFC8 #76E8D7 #ABF1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#42DFC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#42DFC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFC8

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFC8	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D2C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.132 180.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cead8',
    500: '#42dfc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfc8;
$custom-light: #8cead8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.21,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8179,
    "c": 0.13207,
    "h": 180.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFC8

secondary

#943240

accent

#3A54EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFC8

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

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