#42DFCB#42DFCB

#42DFCB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.131 H 182.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFCB
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 203)
HSL	hsl(172, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(172, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -44.71, -1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 44.76, 182.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.88% -0.1307 -0.006)
OKLCH	oklch(81.88% 0.131 182.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.4087, 58.2408, 65.6530)
Luminance	0.5825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFCB #DF4256

analogous

#42DF7D #42DFCB #42A4DF

triadic

#42DFCB #CB42DF #DFCB42

tetradic

#42DFCB #7D42DF #DF4256 #A4DF42

square

#42DFCB #7D42DF #DF4256 #A4DF42

split-complementary

#42DFCB #DF42A4 #DF7D42

monochromatic

#188E7F #21C3AE #42DFCB #76E8D9 #ABF1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#42DFCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#42DFCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFCB

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFCB	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.131 182.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ceada',
    500: '#42dfcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfcb;
$custom-light: #8ceada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.357,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81881,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 182.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFCB

secondary

#94323E

accent

#3A51EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFCB

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

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