#42DBAD#42DBAD

#42DBAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.143 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBAD
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 173)
HSL	hsl(162, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 21%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -50.47, 11.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 51.70, 167.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.1404 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.143 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1171, 54.8344, 48.2604)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBAD #DB4270

analogous

#42DB60 #42DBAD #42BCDB

triadic

#42DBAD #AD42DB #DBAD42

tetradic

#42DBAD #6042DB #DB4270 #BCDB42

square

#42DBAD #6042DB #DB4270 #BCDB42

split-complementary

#42DBAD #DB42BC #DB6042

monochromatic

#1A8967 #24BC8E #42DBAD #75E5C3 #A9EFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42DBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#42DBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBAD

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBAD	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CCAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.143 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae7c5',
    500: '#42dbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbad;
$custom-light: #8ae7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.961,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80064,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBAD

secondary

#8F334E

accent

#3D71EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBAD

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

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