#42D4BD#42D4BD

#42D4BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.126 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D4BD
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 189)
HSL	hsl(171, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(171, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 10.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -43.57, 0.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 43.57, 179.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.1261 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.126 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9711, 51.9153, 56.3118)
Luminance	0.5192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D4BD #D44259

analogous

#42D474 #42D4BD #42A2D4

triadic

#42D4BD #BD42D4 #D4BD42

tetradic

#42D4BD #7442D4 #D44259 #A2D442

square

#42D4BD #7442D4 #D44259 #A2D442

split-complementary

#42D4BD #D442A2 #D47442

monochromatic

#1D7F6F #28B19B #42D4BD #74DFCE #A6EBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#42D4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#42D4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4BD

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D4BD	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC8BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.126 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae2d0',
    500: '#42d4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d4bd;
$custom-light: #8ae2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.548,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7879,
    "c": 0.12612,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D4BD

secondary

#863441

accent

#425CE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D4BD

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

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