#42DBAA#42DBAA

#42DBAA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.145 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBAA
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 170)
HSL	hsl(161, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 22.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.88, -51.16, 12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.88, 52.72, 166.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.1418 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.145 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8301, 54.7196, 46.7487)
Luminance	0.5472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBAA #DB4273

analogous

#42DB5D #42DBAA #42C0DB

triadic

#42DBAA #AA42DB #DBAA42

tetradic

#42DBAA #5D42DB #DB4273 #C0DB42

square

#42DBAA #5D42DB #DB4273 #C0DB42

split-complementary

#42DBAA #DB42C0 #DB5D42

monochromatic

#1A8965 #24BC8B #42DBAA #75E5C1 #A9EFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42DBAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#42DBAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBAA

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#D6CCA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.145 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae7c3',
    500: '#42dbaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbaa;
$custom-light: #8ae7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.784,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79988,
    "c": 0.14544,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBAA

secondary

#8F3350

accent

#3D75EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBAA

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

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