#42DBAB#42DBAB

#42DBAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.145 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBAB
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 171)
HSL	hsl(161, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 21.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -50.93, 12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 52.37, 166.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.01% -0.1413 0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(80.01% 0.145 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9250, 54.7576, 47.2488)
Luminance	0.5476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBAB #DB4272

analogous

#42DB5E #42DBAB #42BFDB

triadic

#42DBAB #AB42DB #DBAB42

tetradic

#42DBAB #5E42DB #DB4272 #BFDB42

square

#42DBAB #5E42DB #DB4272 #BFDB42

split-complementary

#42DBAB #DB42BF #DB5E42

monochromatic

#1A8966 #24BC8C #42DBAB #75E5C2 #A9EFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42DBAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#42DBAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBAB

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBAB	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CCA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BDAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.145 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae7c4',
    500: '#42dbab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbab;
$custom-light: #8ae7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.176,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80013,
    "c": 0.14471,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBAB

secondary

#8F334F

accent

#3D74EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBAB

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

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