#42DBC0#42DBC0

#42DBC0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.132 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBC0
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 192)
HSL	hsl(169, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(169, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 12.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, -45.83, 1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 45.86, 177.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.1317 0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.132 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0880, 55.6228, 58.6406)
Luminance	0.5563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBC0 #DB425D

analogous

#42DB73 #42DBC0 #42A9DB

triadic

#42DBC0 #C042DB #DBC042

tetradic

#42DBC0 #7342DB #DB425D #A9DB42

square

#42DBC0 #7342DB #DB425D #A9DB42

split-complementary

#42DBC0 #DB42A9 #DB7342

monochromatic

#1A8975 #24BCA1 #42DBC0 #75E5D1 #A9EFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DBC0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#42DBC0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBC0

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBC0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBC0	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBEC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbc0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.132 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be7d3',
    500: '#42dbc0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbc0;
$custom-light: #8be7d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbc0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.412,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80584,
    "c": 0.13177,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBC0

secondary

#8F3343

accent

#3D5CEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBC0

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

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