#42DBA9#42DBA9

#42DBA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.146 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBA9
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 169)
HSL	hsl(160, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 22.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -51.39, 13.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 53.06, 165.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.1422 0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.146 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7359, 54.6819, 46.2524)
Luminance	0.5469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBA9 #DB4274

analogous

#42DB5C #42DBA9 #42C0DB

triadic

#42DBA9 #A942DB #DBA942

tetradic

#42DBA9 #5C42DB #DB4274 #C0DB42

square

#42DBA9 #5C42DB #DB4274 #C0DB42

split-complementary

#42DBA9 #DB42C0 #DB5C42

monochromatic

#1A8964 #24BC8A #42DBA9 #75E5C0 #A9EFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42DBA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#42DBA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBA9

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBA9	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CCA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dba9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.146 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae7c2',
    500: '#42dba9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dba9;
$custom-light: #8ae7c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dba9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.392,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79963,
    "c": 0.14617,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBA9

secondary

#8F3351

accent

#3D76EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBA9

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

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