#42DB9C#42DB9C

#42DB9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.156 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DB9C
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 156)
HSL	hsl(155, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 28.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.59, -54.26, 19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.59, 57.71, 160.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.1482 0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.156 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5756, 54.2178, 40.1416)
Luminance	0.5422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DB9C #DB4281

analogous

#42DB4F #42DB9C #42CDDB

triadic

#42DB9C #9C42DB #DB9C42

tetradic

#42DB9C #4F42DB #DB4281 #CDDB42

square

#42DB9C #4F42DB #DB4281 #CDDB42

split-complementary

#42DB9C #DB42CD #DB4F42

monochromatic

#1A895B #24BC7D #42DB9C #75E5B7 #A9EFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42DB9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#42DB9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DB9C

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DB9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DB9C	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)

#D8CB98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BDA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42db9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.156 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e7b9',
    500: '#42db9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42db9c;
$custom-light: #89e7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42db9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.294,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79653,
    "c": 0.15643,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DB9C

secondary

#8F3358

accent

#3D85EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DB9C

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

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