#42DBB8#42DBB8

#42DBB8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.136 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBB8
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 184)
HSL	hsl(166, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 16%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -47.83, 5.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 48.17, 173.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.1353 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.136 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2256, 55.2778, 54.0986)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBB8 #DB4265

analogous

#42DB6C #42DBB8 #42B1DB

triadic

#42DBB8 #B842DB #DBB842

tetradic

#42DBB8 #6C42DB #DB4265 #B1DB42

square

#42DBB8 #6C42DB #DB4265 #B1DB42

split-complementary

#42DBB8 #DB42B1 #DB6C42

monochromatic

#1A896F #24BC99 #42DBB8 #75E5CB #A9EFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DBB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#42DBB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBB8

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBB8	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CDB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.136 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae7cd',
    500: '#42dbb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbb8;
$custom-light: #8ae7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.275,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80357,
    "c": 0.13611,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBB8

secondary

#8F3348

accent

#3D65EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBB8

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

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