#42DB9B#42DB9B

#42DB9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.157 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DB9B
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 155)
HSL	hsl(155, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 29.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.57, -54.47, 20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.57, 58.08, 159.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.63% -0.1487 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(79.63% 0.157 161)
XYZ	xyz(33.4912, 54.1840, 39.6975)
Luminance	0.5419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DB9B #DB4282

analogous

#42DB4E #42DB9B #42CEDB

triadic

#42DB9B #9B42DB #DB9B42

tetradic

#42DB9B #4E42DB #DB4282 #CEDB42

square

#42DB9B #4E42DB #DB4282 #CEDB42

split-complementary

#42DB9B #DB42CE #DB4E42

monochromatic

#1A895A #24BC7C #42DB9B #75E5B6 #A9EFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42DB9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#42DB9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DB9B

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DB9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DB9B	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BD9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42db9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.157 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e7b8',
    500: '#42db9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42db9b;
$custom-light: #89e7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42db9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.902,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7963,
    "c": 0.15727,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.54188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DB9B

secondary

#8F3359

accent

#3D86EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DB9B

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

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