#42D7BA#42D7BA

#42D7BA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.131 H 176.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7BA
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 186)
HSL	hsl(168, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(168, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 13.5%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -45.63, 3.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 45.73, 176.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.44% -0.1305 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(79.44% 0.131 176.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4057, 53.3002, 54.8668)
Luminance	0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7BA #D7425F

analogous

#42D76F #42D7BA #42AAD7

triadic

#42D7BA #BA42D7 #D7BA42

tetradic

#42D7BA #6F42D7 #D7425F #AAD742

square

#42D7BA #6F42D7 #D7425F #AAD742

split-complementary

#42D7BA #D742AA #D76F42

monochromatic

#1C836F #26B59A #42D7BA #75E2CC #A7ECDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D7BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#42D7BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7BA

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7BA	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.131 176.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae4ce',
    500: '#42d7ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7ba;
$custom-light: #8ae4ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.322,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79435,
    "c": 0.13066,
    "h": 176.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7BA

secondary

#8A3444

accent

#4061E8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7BA

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

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