#42DCBD#42DCBD

#42DCBD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.134 H 176.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCBD
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 189)
HSL	hsl(168, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 14.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -47.01, 3.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 47.16, 175.52°)
OKLab	oklab(80.74% -0.134 0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(80.74% 0.134 176.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.0207, 56.0145, 56.9950)
Luminance	0.5602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCBD #DC4261

analogous

#42DC70 #42DCBD #42AEDC

triadic

#42DCBD #BD42DC #DCBD42

tetradic

#42DCBD #7042DC #DC4261 #AEDC42

square

#42DCBD #7042DC #DC4261 #AEDC42

split-complementary

#42DCBD #DC42AE #DC7042

monochromatic

#1A8A73 #23BE9F #42DCBD #76E6CF #A9EFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DCBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#42DCBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCBD

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#D4CEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBFBF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dcbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.134 176.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be7d0',
    500: '#42dcbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dcbd;
$custom-light: #8be7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dcbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.922,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80742,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 176.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCBD

secondary

#903245

accent

#3C60EC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FDFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCBD

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

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