#42DBA3#42DBA3

#42DBA3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.151 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBA3
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 163)
HSL	hsl(158, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 25.6%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -52.74, 16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 55.17, 162.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.145 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.151 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1855, 54.4617, 43.3537)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBA3 #DB427A

analogous

#42DB56 #42DBA3 #42C7DB

triadic

#42DBA3 #A342DB #DBA342

tetradic

#42DBA3 #5642DB #DB427A #C7DB42

square

#42DBA3 #5642DB #DB427A #C7DB42

split-complementary

#42DBA3 #DB42C7 #DB5642

monochromatic

#1A8960 #24BC84 #42DBA3 #75E5BC #A9EFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42DBA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#42DBA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBA3

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBA3	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)

#D7CBA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BDA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dba3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.151 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae7be',
    500: '#42dba3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dba3;
$custom-light: #8ae7be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dba3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.039,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79816,
    "c": 0.15077,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBA3

secondary

#8F3354

accent

#3D7DEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBA3

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

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