#42DAB1#42DAB1

#42DAB1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.139 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DAB1
RGBrgb(66, 218, 177)
HSLhsl(164, 67%, 56%)
HSVhsv(164, 70%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.7%, 0%, 18.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LABlab(78.74, -49.11, 8.79)
CIE-LCHlch(78.74, 49.89, 169.85°)
OKLaboklab(79.92% -0.1375 0.0224)
OKLCHoklch(79.92% 0.139 170.7)
XYZxyz(35.2499, 54.4713, 50.2427)
Luminance0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DAB1 #DA426B
analogous
#42DA65 #42DAB1 #42B7DA
triadic
#42DAB1 #B142DA #DAB142
tetradic
#42DAB1 #6542DA #DA426B #B7DA42
square
#42DAB1 #6542DA #DA426B #B7DA42
split-complementary
#42DAB1 #DA42B7 #DA6542
monochromatic
#1A876A #24BA92 #42DAB1 #75E4C6 #A8EEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77
#42DAB1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90
#42DAB1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAB1
11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DAB1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DAB11.001.7711.9011.90
#FFFFFF1.771.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9021.001.001.00
##00000011.9021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D4CCAF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFBDB4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DCCE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dab1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.139 170.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae6c8',
    500: '#42dab1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dab1;
$custom-light: #8ae6c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dab1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.816,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79922,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DAB1
secondary
#8D334B
accent
#3E6CEA
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1613
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAB1

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#42DAB1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva