#42D6B9#42D6B9

#42D6B9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.130 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6B9
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 185)
HSL	hsl(168, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 13.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -45.46, 3.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 45.56, 176.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.1299 0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.13 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0460, 52.7501, 54.2243)
Luminance	0.5275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6B9 #D6425F

analogous

#42D66F #42D6B9 #42A9D6

triadic

#42D6B9 #B942D6 #D6B942

tetradic

#42D6B9 #6F42D6 #D6425F #A9D642

square

#42D6B9 #6F42D6 #D6425F #A9D642

split-complementary

#42D6B9 #D642A9 #D66F42

monochromatic

#1C826E #27B498 #42D6B9 #74E1CC #A7ECDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D6B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#42D6B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6B9

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6B9	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC9B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABABB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.130 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae3ce',
    500: '#42d6b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6b9;
$custom-light: #8ae3ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.243,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79162,
    "c": 0.13013,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6B9

secondary

#883444

accent

#4061E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6B9

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

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