#42D3BA#42D3BA

#42D3BA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.127 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3BA
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 186)
HSL	hsl(170, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 11.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -43.91, 1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 43.93, 178.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.1265 0.0027)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.127 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3996, 51.2880, 54.5315)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3BA #D3425B

analogous

#42D372 #42D3BA #42A4D3

triadic

#42D3BA #BA42D3 #D3BA42

tetradic

#42D3BA #7242D3 #D3425B #A4D342

square

#42D3BA #7242D3 #D3425B #A4D342

split-complementary

#42D3BA #D342A4 #D37242

monochromatic

#1D7D6D #29AF98 #42D3BA #74DFCC #A5EADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D3BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#42D3BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3BA

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3BA	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC6B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.127 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e1ce',
    500: '#42d3ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3ba;
$custom-light: #89e1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.655,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78457,
    "c": 0.1265,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3BA

secondary

#853442

accent

#425FE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3BA

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

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