#42D5AB#42D5AB

#42D5AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.138 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D5AB
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 171)
HSL	hsl(163, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 19.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -48.46, 9.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 49.41, 168.76°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.1353 0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.138 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.3879, 51.6832, 46.7364)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D5AB #D5426C

analogous

#42D562 #42D5AB #42B6D5

triadic

#42D5AB #AB42D5 #D5AB42

tetradic

#42D5AB #6242D5 #D5426C #B6D542

square

#42D5AB #6242D5 #D5426C #B6D542

split-complementary

#42D5AB #D542B6 #D56242

monochromatic

#1C8064 #28B28B #42D5AB #74E0C1 #A6EBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#42D5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5AB

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D5AB	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC7A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.138 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c4',
    500: '#42d5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d5ab;
$custom-light: #89e3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78531,
    "c": 0.13756,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D5AB

secondary

#87344C

accent

#4170E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5AB

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

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