#42DBA2#42DBA2

#42DBA2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.152 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBA2
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 162)
HSL	hsl(158, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 26%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -52.96, 16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 55.53, 162.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.1454 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.152 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.0962, 54.4260, 42.8837)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBA2 #DB427B

analogous

#42DB55 #42DBA2 #42C7DB

triadic

#42DBA2 #A242DB #DBA242

tetradic

#42DBA2 #5542DB #DB427B #C7DB42

square

#42DBA2 #5542DB #DB427B #C7DB42

split-complementary

#42DBA2 #DB42C7 #DB5542

monochromatic

#1A895F #24BC83 #42DBA2 #75E5BB #A9EFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42DBA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#42DBA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBA2

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBA2	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CB9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dba2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.152 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e7bd',
    500: '#42dba2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dba2;
$custom-light: #89e7bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dba2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.647,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79792,
    "c": 0.15155,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5443
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBA2

secondary

#8F3355

accent

#3D7EEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBA2

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

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