#42D4B0#42D4B0

#42D4B0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.133 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D4B0
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 176)
HSL	hsl(165, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 17%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.91, -46.84, 6.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.91, 47.32, 171.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.132 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.133 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6227, 51.3760, 49.2104)
Luminance	0.5138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D4B0 #D44266

analogous

#42D467 #42D4B0 #42AFD4

triadic

#42D4B0 #B042D4 #D4B042

tetradic

#42D4B0 #6742D4 #D44266 #AFD442

square

#42D4B0 #6742D4 #D44266 #AFD442

split-complementary

#42D4B0 #D442AF #D46742

monochromatic

#1D7F67 #28B18F #42D4B0 #74DFC5 #A6EBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D4B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#42D4B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4B0

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D4B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D4B0	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)

#CDC6AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B8B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d4b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.133 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e2c7',
    500: '#42d4b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d4b0;
$custom-light: #89e2c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d4b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.205,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78418,
    "c": 0.13313,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D4B0

secondary

#863448

accent

#426AE6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D4B0

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

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