#42D6BB#42D6BB

#42D6BB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.129 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6BB
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 187)
HSL	hsl(169, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 12.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -44.95, 2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 45.00, 177.36°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.129 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.129 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2586, 52.8352, 55.3441)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6BB #D6425D

analogous

#42D671 #42D6BB #42A7D6

triadic

#42D6BB #BB42D6 #D6BB42

tetradic

#42D6BB #7142D6 #D6425D #A7D642

square

#42D6BB #7142D6 #D6425D #A7D642

split-complementary

#42D6BB #D642A7 #D67142

monochromatic

#1C826F #27B49A #42D6BB #74E1CD #A7ECDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#42D6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6BB

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6BB	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC9BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.129 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae3cf',
    500: '#42d6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6bb;
$custom-light: #8ae3cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.054,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79219,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6BB

secondary

#883443

accent

#405FE7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6BB

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

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