#42DBC1#42DBC1

#42DBC1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.131 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBC1
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 193)
HSL	hsl(170, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(170, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 11.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.42, -45.57, 1.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.42, 45.59, 178.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.1313 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.131 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.1992, 55.6672, 59.2261)
Luminance	0.5567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBC1 #DB425C

analogous

#42DB74 #42DBC1 #42A8DB

triadic

#42DBC1 #C142DB #DBC142

tetradic

#42DBC1 #7442DB #DB425C #A8DB42

square

#42DBC1 #7442DB #DB425C #A8DB42

split-complementary

#42DBC1 #DB42A8 #DB7442

monochromatic

#1A8976 #24BCA2 #42DBC1 #75E5D2 #A9EFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DBC1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#42DBC1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBC1

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBC1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBC1	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)

#D2CEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBEC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbc1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.131 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be7d3',
    500: '#42dbc1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbc1;
$custom-light: #8be7d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbc1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.804,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80613,
    "c": 0.13129,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBC1

secondary

#8F3342

accent

#3D5AEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBC1

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

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