#42D4AF#42D4AF

#42D4AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.134 H 172.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D4AF
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 175)
HSL	hsl(165, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 17.5%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.88, -47.08, 7.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.88, 47.63, 171.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.1325 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.134 172.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.5242, 51.3365, 48.6913)
Luminance	0.5134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D4AF #D44267

analogous

#42D466 #42D4AF #42B0D4

triadic

#42D4AF #AF42D4 #D4AF42

tetradic

#42D4AF #6642D4 #D44267 #B0D442

square

#42D4AF #6642D4 #D44267 #B0D442

split-complementary

#42D4AF #D442B0 #D46642

monochromatic

#1D7F66 #28B18E #42D4AF #74DFC4 #A6EBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D4AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#42D4AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4AF

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D4AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D4AF	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC6AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d4af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.134 172.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e2c6',
    500: '#42d4af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d4af;
$custom-light: #89e2c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d4af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.795,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78391,
    "c": 0.13376,
    "h": 172.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D4AF

secondary

#863449

accent

#426BE6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D4AF

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

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