#42D8AB#42D8AB

#42D8AB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.141 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D8AB
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 171)
HSL	hsl(162, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(162, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 20.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -49.70, 10.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 50.89, 167.61°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.1383 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.141 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1494, 53.2064, 46.9903)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D8AB #D8426F

analogous

#42D860 #42D8AB #42BAD8

triadic

#42D8AB #AB42D8 #D8AB42

tetradic

#42D8AB #6042D8 #D8426F #BAD842

square

#42D8AB #6042D8 #D8426F #BAD842

split-complementary

#42D8AB #D842BA #D86042

monochromatic

#1B8465 #26B78B #42D8AB #75E2C2 #A7EDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#42D8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D8AB

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D8AB	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.141 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5c4',
    500: '#42d8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d8ab;
$custom-light: #89e5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79272,
    "c": 0.14112,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D8AB

secondary

#8B334E

accent

#3F72E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D8AB

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

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