#42D6B4#42D6B4

#42D6B4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.133 H 174.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6B4
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 180)
HSL	hsl(166, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 15.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -46.70, 5.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 47.03, 173.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.1322 0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.133 174)
XYZ	xyz(34.5274, 52.5427, 51.4932)
Luminance	0.5255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6B4 #D64264

analogous

#42D66A #42D6B4 #42AED6

triadic

#42D6B4 #B442D6 #D6B442

tetradic

#42D6B4 #6A42D6 #D64264 #AED642

square

#42D6B4 #6A42D6 #D64264 #AED642

split-complementary

#42D6B4 #D642AE #D66A42

monochromatic

#1C826A #27B493 #42D6B4 #74E1C8 #A7ECDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D6B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#42D6B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6B4

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6B4	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC8B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBBAB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.133 174.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3ca',
    500: '#42d6b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6b4;
$custom-light: #89e3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.216,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7902,
    "c": 0.13294,
    "h": 174
  },
  "luminance": 0.52547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6B4

secondary

#883447

accent

#4067E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6B4

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

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