#42DBB6#42DBB6

#42DBB6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.137 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBB6
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 182)
HSL	hsl(165, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 16.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -48.32, 6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 48.79, 172.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% -0.1362 0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.137 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0175, 55.1945, 53.0023)
Luminance	0.5520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBB6 #DB4267

analogous

#42DB69 #42DBB6 #42B3DB

triadic

#42DBB6 #B642DB #DBB642

tetradic

#42DBB6 #6942DB #DB4267 #B3DB42

square

#42DBB6 #6942DB #DB4267 #B3DB42

split-complementary

#42DBB6 #DB42B3 #DB6942

monochromatic

#1A896E #24BC97 #42DBB6 #75E5CA #A9EFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DBB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#42DBB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBB6

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBB6	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CDB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.137 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae7cb',
    500: '#42dbb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbb6;
$custom-light: #8ae7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.49,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80302,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBB6

secondary

#8F3349

accent

#3D67EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBB6

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

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