#42D6C8#42D6C8

#42D6C8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.124 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6C8
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 200)
HSL	hsl(174, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(174, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -41.55, -4.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 41.78, 186.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.1232 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.124 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7138, 53.4173, 63.0080)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6C8 #D64250

analogous

#42D67E #42D6C8 #429AD6

triadic

#42D6C8 #C842D6 #D6C842

tetradic

#42D6C8 #7E42D6 #D64250 #9AD642

square

#42D6C8 #7E42D6 #D64250 #9AD642

split-complementary

#42D6C8 #D6429A #D67E42

monochromatic

#1C8278 #27B4A6 #42D6C8 #74E1D7 #A7ECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#42D6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6C8

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6C8	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCAC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BBCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.124 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be3d8',
    500: '#42d6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6c8;
$custom-light: #8be3d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.324,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79613,
    "c": 0.12383,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6C8

secondary

#88343C

accent

#4050E7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6C8

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

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