#42D6AF#42D6AF

#42D6AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.136 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6AF
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 175)
HSL	hsl(164, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 18.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -47.92, 8.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 48.60, 170.45°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.1345 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.136 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0272, 52.3426, 48.8589)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6AF #D64269

analogous

#42D665 #42D6AF #42B3D6

triadic

#42D6AF #AF42D6 #D6AF42

tetradic

#42D6AF #6542D6 #D64269 #B3D642

square

#42D6AF #6542D6 #D64269 #B3D642

split-complementary

#42D6AF #D642B3 #D66542

monochromatic

#1C8267 #27B48F #42D6AF #74E1C4 #A7ECDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42D6AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#42D6AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6AF

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6AF	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C8AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB9B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.136 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c6',
    500: '#42d6af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6af;
$custom-light: #89e3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.189,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78884,
    "c": 0.13605,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6AF

secondary

#88344A

accent

#406CE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6AF

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

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