#42DCBE#42DCBE

#42DCBE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.134 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCBE
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 190)
HSL	hsl(168, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(168, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 13.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -46.76, 3.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 46.87, 176.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.1336 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.134 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1296, 56.0580, 57.5687)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCBE #DC4260

analogous

#42DC71 #42DCBE #42ADDC

triadic

#42DCBE #BE42DC #DCBE42

tetradic

#42DCBE #7142DC #DC4260 #ADDC42

square

#42DCBE #7142DC #DC4260 #ADDC42

split-complementary

#42DCBE #DC42AD #DC7142

monochromatic

#1A8A74 #23BEA0 #42DCBE #76E6D0 #A9EFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#42DCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCBE

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCBE	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBFC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.134 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be7d1',
    500: '#42dcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dcbe;
$custom-light: #8be7d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.312,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8077,
    "c": 0.13382,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCBE

secondary

#903245

accent

#3C5EEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FDFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCBE

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

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