#42D0B4#42D0B4

#42D0B4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.126 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0B4
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 180)
HSL	hsl(168, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 13.5%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.80, -44.13, 2.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.80, 44.23, 176.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.1262 0.0072)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.126 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0368, 49.5615, 50.9964)
Luminance	0.4956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0B4 #D0425E

analogous

#42D06D #42D0B4 #42A5D0

triadic

#42D0B4 #B442D0 #D0B442

tetradic

#42D0B4 #6D42D0 #D0425E #A5D042

square

#42D0B4 #6D42D0 #D0425E #A5D042

split-complementary

#42D0B4 #D042A5 #D06D42

monochromatic

#1E7967 #2AAA91 #42D0B4 #73DCC7 #A4E8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42D0B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#42D0B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0B4

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0B4	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.126 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dfca',
    500: '#42d0b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0b4;
$custom-light: #88dfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.169,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77547,
    "c": 0.12639,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0B4

secondary

#D599A5

accent

#4464E3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0B4

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

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