#42DBB4#42DBB4

#42DBB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.139 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBB4
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 180)
HSL	hsl(165, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 17.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -48.81, 7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 49.41, 171.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.1372 0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.139 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8123, 55.1124, 51.9215)
Luminance	0.5512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBB4 #DB4269

analogous

#42DB67 #42DBB4 #42B5DB

triadic

#42DBB4 #B442DB #DBB442

tetradic

#42DBB4 #6742DB #DB4269 #B5DB42

square

#42DBB4 #6742DB #DB4269 #B5DB42

split-complementary

#42DBB4 #DB42B5 #DB6742

monochromatic

#1A896C #24BC95 #42DBB4 #75E5C8 #A9EFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42DBB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#42DBB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBB4

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBB4	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)

#D4CDB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BEB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.139 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae7ca',
    500: '#42dbb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbb4;
$custom-light: #8ae7ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.706,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80248,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBB4

secondary

#8F334A

accent

#3D69EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBB4

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

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