#42DCBC#42DCBC

#42DCBC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.135 H 175.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCBC
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 188)
HSL	hsl(168, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 14.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -47.26, 4.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 47.45, 174.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.1345 0.0103)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.135 175.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9125, 55.9712, 56.4253)
Luminance	0.5597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCBC #DC4262

analogous

#42DC6F #42DCBC #42AFDC

triadic

#42DCBC #BC42DC #DCBC42

tetradic

#42DCBC #6F42DC #DC4262 #AFDC42

square

#42DCBC #6F42DC #DC4262 #AFDC42

split-complementary

#42DCBC #DC42AF #DC6F42

monochromatic

#1A8A73 #23BE9E #42DCBC #76E6CE #A9EFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DCBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#42DCBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCBC

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCBC	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CEBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBFBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dcbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.135 175.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be8d0',
    500: '#42dcbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dcbc;
$custom-light: #8be8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dcbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.532,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80713,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 175.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCBC

secondary

#903246

accent

#3C61EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FDFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCBC

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

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