#42D7B0#42D7B0

#42D7B0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.137 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7B0
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 176)
HSL	hsl(164, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 18.1%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -48.10, 8.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 48.76, 170.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% -0.135 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.137 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3796, 52.8898, 49.4627)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7B0 #D74269

analogous

#42D765 #42D7B0 #42B4D7

triadic

#42D7B0 #B042D7 #D7B042

tetradic

#42D7B0 #6542D7 #D74269 #B4D742

square

#42D7B0 #6542D7 #D74269 #B4D742

split-complementary

#42D7B0 #D742B4 #D76542

monochromatic

#1C8368 #26B590 #42D7B0 #75E2C5 #A7ECDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D7B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#42D7B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7B0

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7B0	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C9AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.137 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4c7',
    500: '#42d7b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7b0;
$custom-light: #89e4c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.295,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79157,
    "c": 0.13656,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7B0

secondary

#8A344A

accent

#406CE8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7B0

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

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