#42DAB3#42DAB3

#42DAB3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.138 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAB3
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 179)
HSL	hsl(165, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 17.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -48.63, 7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 49.25, 170.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.1366 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.138 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4507, 54.5517, 51.3003)
Luminance	0.5456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAB3 #DA4269

analogous

#42DA67 #42DAB3 #42B5DA

triadic

#42DAB3 #B342DA #DAB342

tetradic

#42DAB3 #6742DA #DA4269 #B5DA42

square

#42DAB3 #6742DA #DA4269 #B5DA42

split-complementary

#42DAB3 #DA42B5 #DA6742

monochromatic

#1A876B #24BA94 #42DAB3 #75E4C8 #A8EEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42DAB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#42DAB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAB3

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAB3	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CCB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.138 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae6c9',
    500: '#42dab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dab3;
$custom-light: #8ae6c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.605,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79976,
    "c": 0.13806,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAB3

secondary

#8D334A

accent

#3E6AEA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAB3

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

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