#42DBA8#42DBA8

#42DBA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.147 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBA8
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 168)
HSL	hsl(160, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 23.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.84, -51.62, 13.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.84, 53.41, 165.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% -0.1427 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.147 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6423, 54.6445, 45.7599)
Luminance	0.5465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBA8 #DB4275

analogous

#42DB5B #42DBA8 #42C1DB

triadic

#42DBA8 #A842DB #DBA842

tetradic

#42DBA8 #5B42DB #DB4275 #C1DB42

square

#42DBA8 #5B42DB #DB4275 #C1DB42

split-complementary

#42DBA8 #DB42C1 #DB5B42

monochromatic

#1A8964 #24BC89 #42DBA8 #75E5C0 #A9EFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42DBA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#42DBA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBA8

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBA8	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CCA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.147 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae7c2',
    500: '#42dba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dba8;
$custom-light: #8ae7c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79938,
    "c": 0.14692,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBA8

secondary

#8F3351

accent

#3D77EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBA8

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

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