#42D4AB#42D4AB

#42D4AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.136 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D4AB
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 171)
HSL	hsl(163, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 19.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -48.04, 9.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 48.92, 169.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.1343 0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.136 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1371, 51.1817, 46.6528)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D4AB #D4426B

analogous

#42D462 #42D4AB #42B4D4

triadic

#42D4AB #AB42D4 #D4AB42

tetradic

#42D4AB #6242D4 #D4426B #B4D442

square

#42D4AB #6242D4 #D4426B #B4D442

split-complementary

#42D4AB #D442B4 #D46242

monochromatic

#1D7F63 #28B18A #42D4AB #74DFC1 #A6EBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#42D4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4AB

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D4AB	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.136 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e2c4',
    500: '#42d4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d4ab;
$custom-light: #89e2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.151,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78283,
    "c": 0.13638,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D4AB

secondary

#86344B

accent

#4270E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D4AB

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

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