#42DBAF#42DBAF

#42DBAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.142 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBAF
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 175)
HSL	hsl(163, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 20.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -50.00, 10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 51.03, 168.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.1395 0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.142 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3121, 54.9124, 49.2872)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBAF #DB426E

analogous

#42DB62 #42DBAF #42BADB

triadic

#42DBAF #AF42DB #DBAF42

tetradic

#42DBAF #6242DB #DB426E #BADB42

square

#42DBAF #6242DB #DB426E #BADB42

split-complementary

#42DBAF #DB42BA #DB6242

monochromatic

#1A8969 #24BC90 #42DBAF #75E5C5 #A9EFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42DBAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#42DBAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBAF

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#D5CCAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BEB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.142 169.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.745,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80116,
    "c": 0.14188,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBAF

secondary

#8F334D

accent

#3D6FEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBAF

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

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