#42D4B9#42D4B9

#42D4B9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.128 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D4B9
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 185)
HSL	hsl(169, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 12.7%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -44.60, 2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 44.65, 177.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.1279 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.128 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5429, 51.7440, 54.0566)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D4B9 #D4425D

analogous

#42D470 #42D4B9 #42A6D4

triadic

#42D4B9 #B942D4 #D4B942

tetradic

#42D4B9 #7042D4 #D4425D #A6D442

square

#42D4B9 #7042D4 #D4425D #A6D442

split-complementary

#42D4B9 #D442A6 #D47042

monochromatic

#1D7F6D #28B197 #42D4B9 #74DFCB #A6EBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D4B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#42D4B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4B9

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D4B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D4B9	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC7B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d4b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.128 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e2ce',
    500: '#42d4b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d4b9;
$custom-light: #89e2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d4b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.904,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78672,
    "c": 0.12803,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D4B9

secondary

#863443

accent

#4260E6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D4B9

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

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