#42DBC2#42DBC2

#42DBC2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.131 H 179.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBC2
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 194)
HSL	hsl(170, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(170, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 11.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -45.32, 0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 45.32, 179.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.1308 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.131 179.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.3111, 55.7120, 59.8156)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBC2 #DB425B

analogous

#42DB75 #42DBC2 #42A7DB

triadic

#42DBC2 #C242DB #DBC242

tetradic

#42DBC2 #7542DB #DB425B #A7DB42

square

#42DBC2 #7542DB #DB425B #A7DB42

split-complementary

#42DBC2 #DB42A7 #DB7542

monochromatic

#1A8977 #24BCA3 #42DBC2 #75E5D3 #A9EFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DBC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#42DBC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBC2

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBC2	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CEC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBEC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.131 179.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be7d4',
    500: '#42dbc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbc2;
$custom-light: #8be7d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.196,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80643,
    "c": 0.13082,
    "h": 179.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBC2

secondary

#8F3342

accent

#3D59EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBC2

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

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