#42D4AC#42D4AC

#42D4AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.136 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D4AC
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 172)
HSL	hsl(164, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 18.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -47.81, 8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 48.59, 169.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.1339 0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.136 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2328, 51.2200, 47.1567)
Luminance	0.5122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D4AC #D4426A

analogous

#42D463 #42D4AC #42B3D4

triadic

#42D4AC #AC42D4 #D4AC42

tetradic

#42D4AC #6342D4 #D4426A #B3D442

square

#42D4AC #6342D4 #D4426A #B3D442

split-complementary

#42D4AC #D442B3 #D46342

monochromatic

#1D7F64 #28B18B #42D4AC #74DFC2 #A6EBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#42D4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4AC

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D4AC	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)

#CEC6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.136 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e2c4',
    500: '#42d4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d4ac;
$custom-light: #89e2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.562,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7831,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D4AC

secondary

#86344B

accent

#426FE6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D4AC

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

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