#42D2B8#42D2B8

#42D2B8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.126 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2B8
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 184)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 12.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -43.98, 1.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 44.02, 177.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.1264 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.126 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9409, 50.7082, 53.3370)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2B8 #D2425C

analogous

#42D270 #42D2B8 #42A4D2

triadic

#42D2B8 #B842D2 #D2B842

tetradic

#42D2B8 #7042D2 #D2425C #A4D242

square

#42D2B8 #7042D2 #D2425C #A4D242

split-complementary

#42D2B8 #D242A4 #D27042

monochromatic

#1E7C6B #29AD96 #42D2B8 #73DECB #A5EADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D2B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#42D2B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2B8

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2B8	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC5B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.126 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e0cd',
    500: '#42d2b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2b8;
$custom-light: #89e0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.167,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78153,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2B8

secondary

#843443

accent

#4360E5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2B8

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

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