#42D3BD#42D3BD

#42D3BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.125 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3BD
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 189)
HSL	hsl(171, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(171, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 10.4%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.93, -43.13, -0.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.93, 43.13, 180.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.1251 -0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.125 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7219, 51.4169, 56.2288)
Luminance	0.5142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3BD #D34258

analogous

#42D375 #42D3BD #42A0D3

triadic

#42D3BD #BD42D3 #D3BD42

tetradic

#42D3BD #7542D3 #D34258 #A0D342

square

#42D3BD #7542D3 #D34258 #A0D342

split-complementary

#42D3BD #D342A0 #D37542

monochromatic

#1D7D6F #29AF9B #42D3BD #74DFCE #A5EAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#42D3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3BD

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3BD	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC7BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.125 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e1d0',
    500: '#42d3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3bd;
$custom-light: #89e1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.897,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78546,
    "c": 0.12513,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3BD

secondary

#853441

accent

#425BE5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3BD

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

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