#42D2BE#42D2BE

#42D2BE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.124 H 181.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D2BE
RGB	rgb(66, 210, 190)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.6%, 0%, 9.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -42.43, -1.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 42.45, 181.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.1237 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.124 181.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5832, 50.9652, 56.7199)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D2BE #D24256

analogous

#42D276 #42D2BE #429ED2

triadic

#42D2BE #BE42D2 #D2BE42

tetradic

#42D2BE #7642D2 #D24256 #9ED242

square

#42D2BE #7642D2 #D24256 #9ED242

split-complementary

#42D2BE #D2429E #D27642

monochromatic

#1E7C6F #29AD9B #42D2BE #73DECF #A5EAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#42D2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D2BE

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D2BE	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)

#C9C6BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4B7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 210, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.124 181.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e0d1',
    500: '#42d2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d2be;
$custom-light: #89e0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.667,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78332,
    "c": 0.12373,
    "h": 181.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D2BE

secondary

#84343F

accent

#435AE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D2BE

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

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