#42D2BA#42D2BA

#42D2BA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.125 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2BA
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 186)
HSL	hsl(170, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 11.4%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -43.47, 0.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 43.48, 178.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.1255 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.125 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1520, 50.7927, 54.4489)
Luminance	0.5080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2BA #D2425A

analogous

#42D272 #42D2BA #42A2D2

triadic

#42D2BA #BA42D2 #D2BA42

tetradic

#42D2BA #7242D2 #D2425A #A2D242

square

#42D2BA #7242D2 #D2425A #A2D242

split-complementary

#42D2BA #D242A2 #D27242

monochromatic

#1E7C6C #29AD97 #42D2BA #73DECC #A5EADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D2BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#42D2BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2BA

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2BA	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C6B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.125 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e0ce',
    500: '#42d2ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2ba;
$custom-light: #89e0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78212,
    "c": 0.12548,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2BA

secondary

#843442

accent

#435EE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2BA

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

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