#42D1BD#42D1BD

#42D1BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.123 H 181.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D1BD
RGB	rgb(66, 209, 189)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 9.6%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -42.26, -1.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 42.27, 181.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.1231 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.123 181.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.2281, 50.4294, 56.0642)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D1BD #D14256

analogous

#42D176 #42D1BD #429ED1

triadic

#42D1BD #BD42D1 #D1BD42

tetradic

#42D1BD #7642D1 #D14256 #9ED142

square

#42D1BD #7642D1 #D14256 #9ED142

split-complementary

#42D1BD #D1429E #D17642

monochromatic

#1E7B6E #2AAC9A #42D1BD #73DDCE #A4E9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42D1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#42D1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D1BD

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D1BD	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8C5BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.123 181.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e0d0',
    500: '#42d1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d1bd;
$custom-light: #89e0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.608,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78058,
    "c": 0.12317,
    "h": 181.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D1BD

secondary

#83353F

accent

#445AE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D1BD

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

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