#42D6B6#42D6B6

#42D6B6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.132 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6B6
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 182)
HSL	hsl(167, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(167, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 15%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, -46.21, 4.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 46.43, 174.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.1313 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.132 175)
XYZ	xyz(34.7326, 52.6248, 52.5740)
Luminance	0.5263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6B6 #D64262

analogous

#42D66C #42D6B6 #42ACD6

triadic

#42D6B6 #B642D6 #D6B642

tetradic

#42D6B6 #6C42D6 #D64262 #ACD642

square

#42D6B6 #6C42D6 #D64262 #ACD642

split-complementary

#42D6B6 #D642AC #D66C42

monochromatic

#1C826C #27B495 #42D6B6 #74E1C9 #A7ECDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D6B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#42D6B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6B6

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6B6	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC9B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABAB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.132 175.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3cb',
    500: '#42d6b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6b6;
$custom-light: #89e3cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.027,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79076,
    "c": 0.13178,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.52629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6B6

secondary

#883446

accent

#4065E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6B6

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

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