#42D3AC#42D3AC

#42D3AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.135 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3AC
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 172)
HSL	hsl(164, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 18.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.51, -47.39, 8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.51, 48.10, 170.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.1329 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.135 171)
XYZ	xyz(32.9836, 50.7216, 47.0737)
Luminance	0.5072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3AC #D34269

analogous

#42D364 #42D3AC #42B2D3

triadic

#42D3AC #AC42D3 #D3AC42

tetradic

#42D3AC #6442D3 #D34269 #B2D342

square

#42D3AC #6442D3 #D34269 #B2D342

split-complementary

#42D3AC #D342B2 #D36442

monochromatic

#1D7D64 #29AF8B #42D3AC #74DFC2 #A5EAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#42D3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3AC

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3AC	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)

#CDC5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B7AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.135 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e1c4',
    500: '#42d3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3ac;
$custom-light: #89e1c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.862,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78063,
    "c": 0.13453,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.50725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3AC

secondary

#85344A

accent

#426EE5

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3AC

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

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