#42D6BD#42D6BD

#42D6BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.128 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6BD
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 189)
HSL	hsl(170, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 11.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -44.44, 1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 44.45, 178.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.28% -0.1281 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(79.28% 0.128 179)
XYZ	xyz(35.4742, 52.9214, 56.4795)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6BD #D6425B

analogous

#42D673 #42D6BD #42A5D6

triadic

#42D6BD #BD42D6 #D6BD42

tetradic

#42D6BD #7342D6 #D6425B #A5D642

square

#42D6BD #7342D6 #D6425B #A5D642

split-complementary

#42D6BD #D642A5 #D67342

monochromatic

#1C8270 #27B49C #42D6BD #74E1CF #A7ECE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#42D6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6BD

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6BD	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC9BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BABF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.128 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae3d0',
    500: '#42d6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6bd;
$custom-light: #8ae3d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.865,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79278,
    "c": 0.12813,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.52926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6BD

secondary

#883442

accent

#405DE7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6BD

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

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