#42D0AD#42D0AD

#42D0AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.130 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0AD
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 173)
HSL	hsl(165, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(165, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 16.8%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -45.88, 6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 46.33, 171.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.1294 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.13 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3417, 49.2835, 47.3352)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0AD #D04265

analogous

#42D066 #42D0AD #42ACD0

triadic

#42D0AD #AD42D0 #D0AD42

tetradic

#42D0AD #6642D0 #D04265 #ACD042

square

#42D0AD #6642D0 #D04265 #ACD042

split-complementary

#42D0AD #D042AC #D06642

monochromatic

#1E7963 #2AAA8B #42D0AD #73DCC2 #A4E8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#42D0AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#42D0AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0AD

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0AD	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C3AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.130 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dfc5',
    500: '#42d0ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0ad;
$custom-light: #88dfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.211,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77349,
    "c": 0.13043,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0AD

secondary

#D599A8

accent

#446CE3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0AD

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

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