#42DBBE#42DBBE

#42DBBE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.133 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBBE
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 190)
HSL	hsl(169, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 13.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -46.34, 2.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 46.42, 176.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.1326 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.133 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.8679, 55.5347, 57.4814)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBBE #DB425F

analogous

#42DB71 #42DBBE #42ACDB

triadic

#42DBBE #BE42DB #DBBE42

tetradic

#42DBBE #7142DB #DB425F #ACDB42

square

#42DBBE #7142DB #DB425F #ACDB42

split-complementary

#42DBBE #DB42AC #DB7142

monochromatic

#1A8974 #24BC9F #42DBBE #75E5D0 #A9EFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DBBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#42DBBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBBE

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBBE	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBEC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.133 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be7d1',
    500: '#42dbbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbbe;
$custom-light: #8be7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.627,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80526,
    "c": 0.13277,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBBE

secondary

#8F3344

accent

#3D5EEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBBE

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

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