#42DBBA#42DBBA

#42DBBA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.135 H 175.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBBA
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 186)
HSL	hsl(167, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 15.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -47.34, 4.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 47.57, 174.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% -0.1344 0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.135 175)
XYZ	xyz(36.4368, 55.3622, 55.2105)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBBA #DB4263

analogous

#42DB6D #42DBBA #42AFDB

triadic

#42DBBA #BA42DB #DBBA42

tetradic

#42DBBA #6D42DB #DB4263 #AFDB42

square

#42DBBA #6D42DB #DB4263 #AFDB42

split-complementary

#42DBBA #DB42AF #DB6D42

monochromatic

#1A8971 #24BC9B #42DBBA #75E5CD #A9EFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DBBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#42DBBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBBA

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBBA	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBEBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.135 175.0);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.059,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80413,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 175
  },
  "luminance": 0.55366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBBA

secondary

#8F3346

accent

#3D62EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBBA

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →