#42DBB9#42DBB9

#42DBB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.136 H 174.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBB9
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 185)
HSL	hsl(167, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 15.5%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.23, -47.59, 5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.23, 47.87, 173.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.1349 0.0131)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.136 174.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3308, 55.3199, 54.6526)
Luminance	0.5532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBB9 #DB4264

analogous

#42DB6C #42DBB9 #42B0DB

triadic

#42DBB9 #B942DB #DBB942

tetradic

#42DBB9 #6C42DB #DB4264 #B0DB42

square

#42DBB9 #6C42DB #DB4264 #B0DB42

split-complementary

#42DBB9 #DB42B0 #DB6C42

monochromatic

#1A8970 #24BC9A #42DBB9 #75E5CC #A9EFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#42DBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBB9

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBB9	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)

#D3CDB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBEBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.136 174.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae7ce',
    500: '#42dbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbb9;
$custom-light: #8ae7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.667,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80385,
    "c": 0.13552,
    "h": 174.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBB9

secondary

#8F3347

accent

#3D64EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBB9

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

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