#42DBA7#42DBA7

#42DBA7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.148 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBA7
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 167)
HSL	hsl(160, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 23.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -51.85, 14.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 53.75, 164.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.1431 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.148 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5495, 54.6074, 45.2712)
Luminance	0.5461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBA7 #DB4276

analogous

#42DB5A #42DBA7 #42C2DB

triadic

#42DBA7 #A742DB #DBA742

tetradic

#42DBA7 #5A42DB #DB4276 #C2DB42

square

#42DBA7 #5A42DB #DB4276 #C2DB42

split-complementary

#42DBA7 #DB42C2 #DB5A42

monochromatic

#1A8963 #24BC88 #42DBA7 #75E5BF #A9EFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42DBA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#42DBA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBA7

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBA7	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)

#D6CCA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dba7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.148 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae7c1',
    500: '#42dba7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dba7;
$custom-light: #8ae7c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dba7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.608,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79913,
    "c": 0.14767,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBA7

secondary

#8F3352

accent

#3D78EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBA7

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

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