#42D7B4#42D7B4

#42D7B4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.134 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7B4
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 180)
HSL	hsl(166, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(166, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 16.3%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -47.13, 6.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 47.51, 172.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.1332 0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.134 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7813, 53.0504, 51.5779)
Luminance	0.5305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7B4 #D74265

analogous

#42D769 #42D7B4 #42B0D7

triadic

#42D7B4 #B442D7 #D7B442

tetradic

#42D7B4 #6942D7 #D74265 #B0D742

square

#42D7B4 #6942D7 #D74265 #B0D742

split-complementary

#42D7B4 #D742B0 #D76942

monochromatic

#1C836B #26B594 #42D7B4 #75E2C8 #A7ECDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D7B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#42D7B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7B4

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7B4	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBAB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.134 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4ca',
    500: '#42d7b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7b4;
$custom-light: #89e4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.906,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79266,
    "c": 0.13406,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7B4

secondary

#8A3448

accent

#4067E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7B4

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

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