#42DAAB#42DAAB

#42DAAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.144 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAAB
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 171)
HSL	hsl(161, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 21.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -50.52, 11.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 51.88, 166.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.1403 0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.144 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6649, 54.2374, 47.1621)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAAB #DA4271

analogous

#42DA5F #42DAAB #42BDDA

triadic

#42DAAB #AB42DA #DAAB42

tetradic

#42DAAB #5F42DA #DA4271 #BDDA42

square

#42DAAB #5F42DA #DA4271 #BDDA42

split-complementary

#42DAAB #DA42BD #DA5F42

monochromatic

#1A8766 #24BA8C #42DAAB #75E4C2 #A8EED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42DAAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#42DAAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAAB

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAAB	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CBA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42daab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.144 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae6c4',
    500: '#42daab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42daab;
$custom-light: #8ae6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42daab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.447,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79766,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAAB

secondary

#8D334F

accent

#3E73EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAAB

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

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