#42D2B9#42D2B9

#42D2B9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.126 H 178.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2B9
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 185)
HSL	hsl(170, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 11.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -43.73, 1.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 43.75, 178.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.1259 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.126 178.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0461, 50.7503, 53.8910)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2B9 #D2425B

analogous

#42D271 #42D2B9 #42A3D2

triadic

#42D2B9 #B942D2 #D2B942

tetradic

#42D2B9 #7142D2 #D2425B #A3D242

square

#42D2B9 #7142D2 #D2425B #A3D242

split-complementary

#42D2B9 #D242A3 #D27142

monochromatic

#1E7C6C #29AD97 #42D2B9 #73DECB #A5EADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D2B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#42D2B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2B9

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2B9	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C5B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.126 178.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e0ce',
    500: '#42d2b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2b9;
$custom-light: #89e0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.583,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78183,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2B9

secondary

#843442

accent

#435FE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2B9

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

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