#42D5B0#42D5B0

#42D5B0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.134 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D5B0
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 176)
HSL	hsl(165, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 17.4%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -47.26, 7.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 47.80, 171.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.133 0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.134 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8735, 51.8775, 49.2940)
Luminance	0.5188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D5B0 #D54267

analogous

#42D567 #42D5B0 #42B0D5

triadic

#42D5B0 #B042D5 #D5B042

tetradic

#42D5B0 #6742D5 #D54267 #B0D542

square

#42D5B0 #6742D5 #D54267 #B0D542

split-complementary

#42D5B0 #D542B0 #D56742

monochromatic

#1C8067 #28B28F #42D5B0 #74E0C5 #A6EBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D5B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#42D5B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5B0

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D5B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D5B0	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	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)

#CEC7AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB9B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d5b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.134 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c7',
    500: '#42d5b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d5b0;
$custom-light: #89e3c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d5b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.898,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78664,
    "c": 0.13427,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D5B0

secondary

#873449

accent

#416BE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5B0

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

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