#42DBC3#42DBC3

#42DBC3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.130 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DBC3
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 195)
HSL	hsl(171, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(171, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 11%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -45.06, 0.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 45.06, 179.65°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.1304 0)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.13 180)
XYZ	xyz(37.4238, 55.7571, 60.4090)
Luminance	0.5576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DBC3 #DB425A

analogous

#42DB76 #42DBC3 #42A6DB

triadic

#42DBC3 #C342DB #DBC342

tetradic

#42DBC3 #7642DB #DB425A #A6DB42

square

#42DBC3 #7642DB #DB425A #A6DB42

split-complementary

#42DBC3 #DB42A6 #DB7642

monochromatic

#1A8977 #24BCA4 #42DBC3 #75E5D3 #A9EFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DBC3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#42DBC3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DBC3

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DBC3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DBC3	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CEC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBEC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dbc3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.130 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be7d5',
    500: '#42dbc3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dbc3;
$custom-light: #8be7d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dbc3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.588,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80672,
    "c": 0.13036,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.55761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DBC3

secondary

#8F3341

accent

#3D58EB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DBC3

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

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