#42D8B0#42D8B0

#42D8B0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.138 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D8B0
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 176)
HSL	hsl(164, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 18.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -48.52, 8.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 49.24, 170.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.136 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.138 171)
XYZ	xyz(34.6351, 53.4006, 49.5479)
Luminance	0.5341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D8B0 #D8426A

analogous

#42D865 #42D8B0 #42B5D8

triadic

#42D8B0 #B042D8 #D8B042

tetradic

#42D8B0 #6542D8 #D8426A #B5D842

square

#42D8B0 #6542D8 #D8426A #B5D842

split-complementary

#42D8B0 #D842B5 #D86542

monochromatic

#1B8468 #26B790 #42D8B0 #75E2C5 #A7EDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D8B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#42D8B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D8B0

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D8B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D8B0	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)

#D2CAAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d8b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.138 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5c7',
    500: '#42d8b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d8b0;
$custom-light: #89e5c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d8b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79403,
    "c": 0.1377,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.53405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D8B0

secondary

#8B334B

accent

#3F6CE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D8B0

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

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