#42DAB0#42DAB0

#42DAB0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.140 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAB0
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 176)
HSL	hsl(163, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 19.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -49.35, 9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 50.22, 169.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.138 0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.14 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.1506, 54.4316, 49.7197)
Luminance	0.5444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAB0 #DA426C

analogous

#42DA64 #42DAB0 #42B8DA

triadic

#42DAB0 #B042DA #DAB042

tetradic

#42DAB0 #6442DA #DA426C #B8DA42

square

#42DAB0 #6442DA #DA426C #B8DA42

split-complementary

#42DAB0 #DA42B8 #DA6442

monochromatic

#1A8769 #24BA91 #42DAB0 #75E4C5 #A8EEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42DAB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#42DAB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAB0

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAB0	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)

#D4CCAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BDB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dab0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.140 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae6c7',
    500: '#42dab0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dab0;
$custom-light: #8ae6c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dab0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.421,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79896,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAB0

secondary

#8D334C

accent

#3E6DEA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAB0

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

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