#42D6BE#42D6BE

#42D6BE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.128 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6BE
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 190)
HSL	hsl(170, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(170, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 11.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -44.18, 0.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 44.19, 179.25°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.1277 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.128 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5831, 52.9650, 57.0532)
Luminance	0.5297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6BE #D6425A

analogous

#42D674 #42D6BE #42A4D6

triadic

#42D6BE #BE42D6 #D6BE42

tetradic

#42D6BE #7442D6 #D6425A #A4D642

square

#42D6BE #7442D6 #D6425A #A4D642

split-complementary

#42D6BE #D642A4 #D67442

monochromatic

#1C8271 #27B49D #42D6BE #74E1CF #A7ECE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#42D6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6BE

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6BE	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)

#CDC9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BAC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.128 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae3d1',
    500: '#42d6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6be;
$custom-light: #8ae3d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.27,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79307,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6BE

secondary

#883441

accent

#405CE7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6BE

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

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