#42DAB2#42DAB2

#42DAB2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.139 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAB2
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 178)
HSL	hsl(164, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 18.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -48.87, 8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 49.57, 170.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.1371 0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.139 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.3499, 54.5113, 50.7696)
Luminance	0.5452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAB2 #DA426A

analogous

#42DA66 #42DAB2 #42B6DA

triadic

#42DAB2 #B242DA #DAB242

tetradic

#42DAB2 #6642DA #DA426A #B6DA42

square

#42DAB2 #6642DA #DA426A #B6DA42

split-complementary

#42DAB2 #DA42B6 #DA6642

monochromatic

#1A876B #24BA93 #42DAB2 #75E4C7 #A8EEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42DAB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#42DAB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAB2

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAB2	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	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)

#D4CCB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dab2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.139 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae6c9',
    500: '#42dab2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dab2;
$custom-light: #8ae6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dab2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.211,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79949,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAB2

secondary

#8D334B

accent

#3E6BEA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAB2

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

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