#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
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 177)
HSL	hsl(165, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 17.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -47.44, 7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 47.96, 171.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.1336 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.135 172.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2251, 52.4218, 49.9011)
Luminance	0.5243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##42D6B1	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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