#42DCBB#42DCBB

#42DCBB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.135 H 175.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCBB
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 187)
HSL	hsl(167, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 15%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -47.51, 4.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 47.74, 174.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.135 0.0117)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.135 175.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8051, 55.9282, 55.8596)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCBB #DC4263

analogous

#42DC6E #42DCBB #42B0DC

triadic

#42DCBB #BB42DC #DCBB42

tetradic

#42DCBB #6E42DC #DC4263 #B0DC42

square

#42DCBB #6E42DC #DC4263 #B0DC42

split-complementary

#42DCBB #DC42B0 #DC6E42

monochromatic

#1A8A72 #23BE9D #42DCBB #76E6CE #A9EFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DCBB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#42DCBB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCBB

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCBB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCBB	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBFBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dcbb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.135 175.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be8cf',
    500: '#42dcbb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dcbb;
$custom-light: #8be8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dcbb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.143,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80685,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 175.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCBB

secondary

#903246

accent

#3C62EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FDFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCBB

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

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