#42DBAE#42DBAE

#42DBAE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.143 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBAE
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 174)
HSL	hsl(162, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 20.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -50.23, 10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 51.36, 167.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.09% -0.1399 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(80.09% 0.143 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2142, 54.8732, 48.7719)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBAE #DB426F

analogous

#42DB61 #42DBAE #42BBDB

triadic

#42DBAE #AE42DB #DBAE42

tetradic

#42DBAE #6142DB #DB426F #BBDB42

square

#42DBAE #6142DB #DB426F #BBDB42

split-complementary

#42DBAE #DB42BB #DB6142

monochromatic

#1A8968 #24BC8F #42DBAE #75E5C4 #A9EFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42DBAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#42DBAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBAE

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBAE	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CCAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BDB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.143 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae7c6',
    500: '#42dbae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbae;
$custom-light: #8ae7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8009,
    "c": 0.14257,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBAE

secondary

#8F334E

accent

#3D70EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBAE

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

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