#42D2BD#42D2BD

#42D2BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.124 H 181.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2BD
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 189)
HSL	hsl(171, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 10%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -42.69, -0.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 42.70, 180.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.1241 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.124 181.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4743, 50.9216, 56.1462)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2BD #D24257

analogous

#42D275 #42D2BD #429FD2

triadic

#42D2BD #BD42D2 #D2BD42

tetradic

#42D2BD #7542D2 #D24257 #9FD242

square

#42D2BD #7542D2 #D24257 #9FD242

split-complementary

#42D2BD #D2429F #D27542

monochromatic

#1E7C6E #29AD9A #42D2BD #73DECE #A5EAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#42D2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2BD

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2BD	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.124 181.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e0d0',
    500: '#42d2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2bd;
$custom-light: #89e0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.25,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78302,
    "c": 0.12415,
    "h": 181.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2BD

secondary

#843440

accent

#435BE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2BD

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

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