#42D2BC#42D2BC

#42D2BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.125 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2BC
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 188)
HSL	hsl(171, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 10.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -42.95, -0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 42.96, 180.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.1246 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.125 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3661, 50.8783, 55.5765)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2BC #D24258

analogous

#42D274 #42D2BC #42A0D2

triadic

#42D2BC #BC42D2 #D2BC42

tetradic

#42D2BC #7442D2 #D24258 #A0D242

square

#42D2BC #7442D2 #D24258 #A0D242

split-complementary

#42D2BC #D242A0 #D27442

monochromatic

#1E7C6E #29AD99 #42D2BC #73DECE #A5EADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#42D2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2BC

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2BC	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B7BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.125 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e0d0',
    500: '#42d2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2bc;
$custom-light: #89e0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.833,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78272,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2BC

secondary

#843441

accent

#435CE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2BC

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

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