#42D7AB#42D7AB

#42D7AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.140 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7AB
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 171)
HSL	hsl(162, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(162, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 20.5%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.69, -49.29, 10.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.69, 50.40, 167.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.1373 0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.14 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8940, 52.6955, 46.9051)
Luminance	0.5270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7AB #D7426E

analogous

#42D760 #42D7AB #42B8D7

triadic

#42D7AB #AB42D7 #D7AB42

tetradic

#42D7AB #6042D7 #D7426E #B8D742

square

#42D7AB #6042D7 #D7426E #B8D742

split-complementary

#42D7AB #D742B8 #D76042

monochromatic

#1C8364 #26B58B #42D7AB #75E2C1 #A7ECD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D7AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#42D7AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7AB

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7AB	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.140 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4c4',
    500: '#42d7ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7ab;
$custom-light: #89e4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.282,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79025,
    "c": 0.13992,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7AB

secondary

#8A344D

accent

#4071E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7AB

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

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