#42D4BA#42D4BA

#42D4BA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.128 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D4BA
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 186)
HSL	hsl(169, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 12.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -44.34, 1.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 44.37, 177.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.1275 0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.128 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6488, 51.7864, 54.6145)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D4BA #D4425C

analogous

#42D471 #42D4BA #42A5D4

triadic

#42D4BA #BA42D4 #D4BA42

tetradic

#42D4BA #7142D4 #D4425C #A5D442

square

#42D4BA #7142D4 #D4425C #A5D442

split-complementary

#42D4BA #D442A5 #D47142

monochromatic

#1D7F6D #28B198 #42D4BA #74DFCC #A6EBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#42D4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4BA

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D4BA	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC7B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.128 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e2ce',
    500: '#42d4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d4ba;
$custom-light: #89e2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.315,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78701,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D4BA

secondary

#863443

accent

#425FE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D4BA

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

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