#42DAB4#42DAB4

#42DAB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.137 H 172.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAB4
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 180)
HSL	hsl(165, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 17.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -48.39, 7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 48.94, 171.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.1362 0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.137 172.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.5522, 54.5923, 51.8348)
Luminance	0.5460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAB4 #DA4268

analogous

#42DA68 #42DAB4 #42B4DA

triadic

#42DAB4 #B442DA #DAB442

tetradic

#42DAB4 #6842DA #DA4268 #B4DA42

square

#42DAB4 #6842DA #DA4268 #B4DA42

split-complementary

#42DAB4 #DA42B4 #DA6842

monochromatic

#1A876C #24BA95 #42DAB4 #75E4C8 #A8EEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42DAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#42DAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAB4

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAB4	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CCB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBDB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.137 172.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae6ca',
    500: '#42dab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dab4;
$custom-light: #8ae6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80003,
    "c": 0.13742,
    "h": 172.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAB4

secondary

#8D3349

accent

#3E69EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAB4

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

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