#42D1BE#42D1BE

#42D1BE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.123 H 182.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D1BE
RGB	rgb(66, 209, 190)
HSL	hsl(172, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 9.1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -41.99, -1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 42.02, 182.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.1227 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.123 182.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.3371, 50.4729, 56.6378)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D1BE #D14255

analogous

#42D177 #42D1BE #429DD1

triadic

#42D1BE #BE42D1 #D1BE42

tetradic

#42D1BE #7742D1 #D14255 #9DD142

square

#42D1BE #7742D1 #D14255 #9DD142

split-complementary

#42D1BE #D1429D #D17742

monochromatic

#1E7B6E #2AAC9B #42D1BE #73DDCF #A4E9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42D1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#42D1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D1BE

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D1BE	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7C5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3B6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.123 182.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e0d1',
    500: '#42d1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d1be;
$custom-light: #89e0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.028,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78088,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 182.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D1BE

secondary

#83353F

accent

#4459E4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D1BE

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

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