#42D6B1#42D6B1

#42D6B1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.135 H 172.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D6B1
RGBrgb(66, 214, 177)
HSLhsl(165, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(165, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69.2%, 0%, 17.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(77.53, -47.44, 7.06)
CIE-LCHlch(77.53, 47.96, 171.53°)
OKLaboklab(78.94% -0.1336 0.0179)
OKLCHoklch(78.94% 0.135 172.4)
XYZxyz(34.2251, 52.4218, 49.9011)
Luminance0.5243 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D6B1 #D64267
analogous
#42D667 #42D6B1 #42B1D6
triadic
#42D6B1 #B142D6 #D6B142
tetradic
#42D6B1 #6742D6 #D64267 #B1D642
square
#42D6B1 #6742D6 #D64267 #B1D642
split-complementary
#42D6B1 #D642B1 #D66742
monochromatic
#1C8268 #27B491 #42D6B1 #74E1C6 #A7ECDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#42D6B1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49
#42D6B1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6B1
11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D6B1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D6B11.001.8311.4911.49
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4921.001.001.00
##00000011.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFC8AF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBBAB4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D8CB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d6b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.135 172.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c8',
    500: '#42d6b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d6b1;
$custom-light: #89e3c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d6b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78938,
    "c": 0.13477,
    "h": 172.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D6B1
secondary
#883449
accent
#406AE7
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1513
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6B1

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#42D6B1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva