#42D6BC#42D6BC

#42D6BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.129 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6BC
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 188)
HSL	hsl(169, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 12.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -44.70, 1.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 44.72, 177.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.1286 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.129 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.3660, 52.8782, 55.9098)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6BC #D6425C

analogous

#42D672 #42D6BC #42A6D6

triadic

#42D6BC #BC42D6 #D6BC42

tetradic

#42D6BC #7242D6 #D6425C #A6D642

square

#42D6BC #7242D6 #D6425C #A6D642

split-complementary

#42D6BC #D642A6 #D67242

monochromatic

#1C8270 #27B49B #42D6BC #74E1CE #A7ECE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#42D6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6BC

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6BC	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC9BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.129 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae3d0',
    500: '#42d6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6bc;
$custom-light: #8ae3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.459,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79249,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6BC

secondary

#883443

accent

#405EE7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6BC

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

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