#42D6B5#42D6B5

#42D6B5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.132 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6B5
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 181)
HSL	hsl(167, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(167, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 15.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -46.46, 5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 46.73, 173.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.1317 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.132 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6296, 52.5836, 52.0317)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6B5 #D64263

analogous

#42D66B #42D6B5 #42ADD6

triadic

#42D6B5 #B542D6 #D6B542

tetradic

#42D6B5 #6B42D6 #D64263 #ADD642

square

#42D6B5 #6B42D6 #D64263 #ADD642

split-complementary

#42D6B5 #D642AD #D66B42

monochromatic

#1C826B #27B494 #42D6B5 #74E1C9 #A7ECDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D6B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#42D6B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6B5

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6B5	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC8B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABAB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.132 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3cb',
    500: '#42d6b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6b5;
$custom-light: #89e3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.622,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79048,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6B5

secondary

#883447

accent

#4066E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6B5

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

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