#42DBAC#42DBAC

#42DBAC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.144 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBAC
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 172)
HSL	hsl(162, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 21.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -50.70, 11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 52.03, 167.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.1408 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.144 168)
XYZ	xyz(35.0207, 54.7958, 47.7527)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBAC #DB4271

analogous

#42DB5F #42DBAC #42BDDB

triadic

#42DBAC #AC42DB #DBAC42

tetradic

#42DBAC #5F42DB #DB4271 #BDDB42

square

#42DBAC #5F42DB #DB4271 #BDDB42

split-complementary

#42DBAC #DB42BD #DB5F42

monochromatic

#1A8967 #24BC8D #42DBAC #75E5C3 #A9EFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42DBAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#42DBAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBAC

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBAC	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CCAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.144 168.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.569,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80038,
    "c": 0.14399,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBAC

secondary

#8F334F

accent

#3D72EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBAC

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

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