#42DBBC#42DBBC

#42DBBC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.134 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBBC
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 188)
HSL	hsl(168, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 14.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.30, -46.84, 3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.30, 46.99, 175.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.1335 0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.134 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.6509, 55.4479, 56.3381)
Luminance	0.5545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBBC #DB4261

analogous

#42DB6F #42DBBC #42ADDB

triadic

#42DBBC #BC42DB #DBBC42

tetradic

#42DBBC #6F42DB #DB4261 #ADDB42

square

#42DBBC #6F42DB #DB4261 #ADDB42

split-complementary

#42DBBC #DB42AD #DB6F42

monochromatic

#1A8972 #24BC9D #42DBBC #75E5CE #A9EFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#42DBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBBC

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBBC	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CDBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBEBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.134 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae7d0',
    500: '#42dbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbbc;
$custom-light: #8ae7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.843,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80469,
    "c": 0.13384,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBBC

secondary

#8F3345

accent

#3D60EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBBC

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

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