#42D9BD#42D9BD

#42D9BD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.131 H 177.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D9BD
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 189)
HSL	hsl(169, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 12.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -45.73, 2.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 45.80, 177.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.1311 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.131 177.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2404, 54.4539, 56.7349)
Luminance	0.5446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D9BD #D9425E

analogous

#42D971 #42D9BD #42AAD9

triadic

#42D9BD #BD42D9 #D9BD42

tetradic

#42D9BD #7142D9 #D9425E #AAD942

square

#42D9BD #7142D9 #D9425E #AAD942

split-complementary

#42D9BD #D942AA #D97142

monochromatic

#1B8672 #25B99D #42D9BD #75E3CF #A8EDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42D9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#42D9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D9BD

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D9BD	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1CCBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBDBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.131 177.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae5d0',
    500: '#42d9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d9bd;
$custom-light: #8ae5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.874,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8001,
    "c": 0.13121,
    "h": 177.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54458
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D9BD

secondary

#8C3344

accent

#3E5EE9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D9BD

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

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