#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
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 177)
HSL	hsl(164, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 18.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, -49.11, 8.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 49.89, 169.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.1375 0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.139 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2499, 54.4713, 50.2427)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42DAB1	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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