#42D6AB#42D6AB

#42D6AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.139 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6AB
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 171)
HSL	hsl(163, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 20.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -48.88, 10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 49.90, 168.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.1363 0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.139 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6402, 52.1878, 46.8205)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6AB #D6426D

analogous

#42D661 #42D6AB #42B7D6

triadic

#42D6AB #AB42D6 #D6AB42

tetradic

#42D6AB #6142D6 #D6426D #B7D642

square

#42D6AB #6142D6 #D6426D #B7D642

split-complementary

#42D6AB #D642B7 #D66142

monochromatic

#1C8264 #27B48B #42D6AB #74E1C1 #A7ECD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#42D6AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#42D6AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6AB

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6AB	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C8A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.139 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c4',
    500: '#42d6ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6ab;
$custom-light: #89e3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.568,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78778,
    "c": 0.13874,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6AB

secondary

#88344C

accent

#4071E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6AB

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

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