#42D0BA#42D0BA

#42D0BA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.123 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0BA
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 186)
HSL	hsl(171, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 10.6%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -42.60, -0.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 42.60, 180.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.1235 -0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.123 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6613, 49.8113, 54.2854)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0BA #D04258

analogous

#42D073 #42D0BA #429FD0

triadic

#42D0BA #BA42D0 #D0BA42

tetradic

#42D0BA #7342D0 #D04258 #9FD042

square

#42D0BA #7342D0 #D04258 #9FD042

split-complementary

#42D0BA #D0429F #D07342

monochromatic

#1E796B #2AAA97 #42D0BA #73DCCC #A4E8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42D0BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#42D0BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0BA

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0BA	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.123 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89dfce',
    500: '#42d0ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0ba;
$custom-light: #89dfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.704,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77723,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0BA

secondary

#D599A2

accent

#445DE3

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0BA

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

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