#42D6B2#42D6B2

#42D6B2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.134 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6B2
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 178)
HSL	hsl(165, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(165, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 16.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -47.20, 6.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 47.65, 172.08°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.1331 0.0166)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.134 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.3251, 52.4618, 50.4280)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6B2 #D64266

analogous

#42D668 #42D6B2 #42B0D6

triadic

#42D6B2 #B242D6 #D6B242

tetradic

#42D6B2 #6842D6 #D64266 #B0D642

square

#42D6B2 #6842D6 #D64266 #B0D642

split-complementary

#42D6B2 #D642B0 #D66842

monochromatic

#1C8269 #27B492 #42D6B2 #74E1C6 #A7ECDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42D6B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#42D6B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6B2

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6B2	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)

#CFC8B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBAB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.134 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c9',
    500: '#42d6b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6b2;
$custom-light: #89e3c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.405,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78965,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6B2

secondary

#883448

accent

#4069E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6B2

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

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