#42DBBF#42DBBF

#42DBBF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.132 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBBF
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 191)
HSL	hsl(169, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 12.8%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -46.08, 2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 46.14, 177.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.1322 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.132 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9776, 55.5786, 58.0590)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBBF #DB425E

analogous

#42DB72 #42DBBF #42AADB

triadic

#42DBBF #BF42DB #DBBF42

tetradic

#42DBBF #7242DB #DB425E #AADB42

square

#42DBBF #7242DB #DB425E #AADB42

split-complementary

#42DBBF #DB42AA #DB7242

monochromatic

#1A8974 #24BCA0 #42DBBF #75E5D0 #A9EFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DBBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#42DBBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBBF

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBBF	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBEC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.132 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be7d2',
    500: '#42dbbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbbf;
$custom-light: #8be7d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.02,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80555,
    "c": 0.13226,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBBF

secondary

#8F3343

accent

#3D5DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBBF

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

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