#42DBB3#42DBB3

#42DBB3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.139 H 171.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBB3
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 179)
HSL	hsl(164, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 18.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -49.05, 8.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 49.73, 170.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.1376 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.139 171.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7108, 55.0718, 51.3870)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBB3 #DB426A

analogous

#42DB66 #42DBB3 #42B6DB

triadic

#42DBB3 #B342DB #DBB342

tetradic

#42DBB3 #6642DB #DB426A #B6DB42

square

#42DBB3 #6642DB #DB426A #B6DB42

split-complementary

#42DBB3 #DB42B6 #DB6642

monochromatic

#1A896C #24BC94 #42DBB3 #75E5C8 #A9EFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42DBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#42DBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBB3

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBB3	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CDB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BEB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.139 171.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae7c9',
    500: '#42dbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbb3;
$custom-light: #8ae7c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.314,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80221,
    "c": 0.1392,
    "h": 171.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBB3

secondary

#8F334B

accent

#3D6AEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBB3

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

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