#42D6CB#42D6CB

#42D6CB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.123 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6CB
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 203)
HSL	hsl(176, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 5.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.20, -40.75, -5.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.20, 41.17, 188.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.1219 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.123 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0678, 53.5589, 64.8726)
Luminance	0.5356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6CB #D6424D

analogous

#42D681 #42D6CB #4297D6

triadic

#42D6CB #CB42D6 #D6CB42

tetradic

#42D6CB #8142D6 #D6424D #97D642

square

#42D6CB #8142D6 #D6424D #97D642

split-complementary

#42D6CB #D64297 #D68142

monochromatic

#1C827A #27B4A9 #42D6CB #74E1D9 #A7ECE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42D6CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#42D6CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6CB

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6CB	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BBCC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.123 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be3da',
    500: '#42d6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6cb;
$custom-light: #8be3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.541,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79708,
    "c": 0.12299,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6CB

secondary

#88343A

accent

#404DE7

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6CB

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

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