#42DCB5#42DCB5

#42DCB5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.139 H 172.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCB5
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 181)
HSL	hsl(165, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 17.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, -48.98, 7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 49.58, 171.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.1377 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.139 172)
XYZ	xyz(36.1762, 55.6767, 52.5472)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCB5 #DC4269

analogous

#42DC68 #42DCB5 #42B6DC

triadic

#42DCB5 #B542DC #DCB542

tetradic

#42DCB5 #6842DC #DC4269 #B6DC42

square

#42DCB5 #6842DC #DC4269 #B6DC42

split-complementary

#42DCB5 #DC42B6 #DC6842

monochromatic

#1A8A6E #23BE97 #42DCB5 #76E6C9 #A9EFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#42DCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#42DCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCB5

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCB5	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)

#D5CEB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BFB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.139 172.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8cb',
    500: '#42dcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dcb5;
$custom-light: #8ae8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.805,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8052,
    "c": 0.13906,
    "h": 172
  },
  "luminance": 0.55681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCB5

secondary

#90324A

accent

#3C69EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCB5

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

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