#42D7BC#42D7BC

#42D7BC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.130 H 178.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7BC
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 188)
HSL	hsl(169, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 12.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -45.13, 2.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 45.17, 177.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% -0.1295 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.13 178)
XYZ	xyz(35.6198, 53.3859, 55.9944)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7BC #D7425D

analogous

#42D772 #42D7BC #42A7D7

triadic

#42D7BC #BC42D7 #D7BC42

tetradic

#42D7BC #7242D7 #D7425D #A7D742

square

#42D7BC #7242D7 #D7425D #A7D742

split-complementary

#42D7BC #D742A7 #D77242

monochromatic

#1C8370 #26B59B #42D7BC #75E2CE #A7ECE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#42D7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7BC

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7BC	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECABB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABBBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.130 178.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae4d0',
    500: '#42d7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7bc;
$custom-light: #8ae4d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.128,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79493,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 178
  },
  "luminance": 0.5339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7BC

secondary

#8A3443

accent

#405EE8

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7BC

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

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