#42D6C5#42D6C5

#42D6C5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.125 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6C5
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 197)
HSL	hsl(173, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(173, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 7.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -42.35, -2.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 42.45, 183.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.1245 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.125 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.3666, 53.2784, 61.1796)
Luminance	0.5328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6C5 #D64253

analogous

#42D67B #42D6C5 #429DD6

triadic

#42D6C5 #C542D6 #D6C542

tetradic

#42D6C5 #7B42D6 #D64253 #9DD642

square

#42D6C5 #7B42D6 #D64253 #9DD642

split-complementary

#42D6C5 #D6429D #D67B42

monochromatic

#1C8276 #27B4A4 #42D6C5 #74E1D4 #A7ECE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D6C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#42D6C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6C5

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6C5	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCCAC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BAC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.125 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae3d6',
    500: '#42d6c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6c5;
$custom-light: #8ae3d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.108,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79519,
    "c": 0.12481,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6C5

secondary

#88343D

accent

#4054E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6C5

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

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