#42DBBD#42DBBD

#42DBBD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.133 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBBD
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 189)
HSL	hsl(168, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 13.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -46.59, 3.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 46.70, 176.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.1331 0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.133 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.7590, 55.4911, 56.9078)
Luminance	0.5550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBBD #DB4260

analogous

#42DB70 #42DBBD #42ADDB

triadic

#42DBBD #BD42DB #DBBD42

tetradic

#42DBBD #7042DB #DB4260 #ADDB42

square

#42DBBD #7042DB #DB4260 #ADDB42

split-complementary

#42DBBD #DB42AD #DB7042

monochromatic

#1A8973 #24BC9E #42DBBD #75E5CF #A9EFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#42DBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBBD

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBBD	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CDBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBEBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.133 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be7d0',
    500: '#42dbbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbbd;
$custom-light: #8be7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.235,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80498,
    "c": 0.13329,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBBD

secondary

#8F3345

accent

#3D5FEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBBD

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

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