#42DCBA#42DCBA

#42DCBA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.136 H 174.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCBA
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 186)
HSL	hsl(167, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 15.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, -47.76, 5.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 48.04, 173.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.1354 0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.136 174.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6984, 55.8856, 55.2977)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCBA #DC4264

analogous

#42DC6D #42DCBA #42B1DC

triadic

#42DCBA #BA42DC #DCBA42

tetradic

#42DCBA #6D42DC #DC4264 #B1DC42

square

#42DCBA #6D42DC #DC4264 #B1DC42

split-complementary

#42DCBA #DC42B1 #DC6D42

monochromatic

#1A8A71 #23BE9C #42DCBA #76E6CD #A9EFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DCBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#42DCBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCBA

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCBA	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CEB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBFBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dcba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.136 174.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be8ce',
    500: '#42dcba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dcba;
$custom-light: #8be8ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dcba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.753,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80657,
    "c": 0.13603,
    "h": 174.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCBA

secondary

#903247

accent

#3C63EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FDFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCBA

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

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