#42D4BE#42D4BE

#42D4BE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.126 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D4BE
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 190)
HSL	hsl(171, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(171, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 10.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -43.31, -0.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 43.31, 180.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.1257 -0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.126 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0800, 51.9589, 56.8855)
Luminance	0.5196 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D4BE #D44258

analogous

#42D475 #42D4BE #42A1D4

triadic

#42D4BE #BE42D4 #D4BE42

tetradic

#42D4BE #7542D4 #D44258 #A1D442

square

#42D4BE #7542D4 #D44258 #A1D442

split-complementary

#42D4BE #D442A1 #D47542

monochromatic

#1D7F70 #28B19C #42D4BE #74DFCF #A6EBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#42D4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#42D4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4BE

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D4BE	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC8BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B9C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.126 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae2d1',
    500: '#42d4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d4be;
$custom-light: #8ae2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.959,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7882,
    "c": 0.12568,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D4BE

secondary

#863440

accent

#425BE6

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D4BE

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

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