#42DEB5#42DEB5

#42DEB5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.141 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DEB5
RGB	rgb(66, 222, 181)
HSL	hsl(164, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 18.5%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.03, -49.81, 8.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.03, 50.53, 170.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.1397 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.141 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.7042, 56.7327, 52.7232)
Luminance	0.5674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DEB5 #DE426B

analogous

#42DE67 #42DEB5 #42B9DE

triadic

#42DEB5 #B542DE #DEB542

tetradic

#42DEB5 #6742DE #DE426B #B9DE42

square

#42DEB5 #6742DE #DE426B #B9DE42

split-complementary

#42DEB5 #DE42B9 #DE6742

monochromatic

#198D6E #22C197 #42DEB5 #76E7C9 #AAF0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#42DEB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.35

#42DEB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DEB5

12.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DEB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DEB5	1.00	1.70	12.35	12.35
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CFB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C0B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42deb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.141 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be9cb',
    500: '#42deb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42deb5;
$custom-light: #8be9cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42deb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81011,
    "c": 0.14134,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DEB5

secondary

#92324B

accent

#3B6AED

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DEB5

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

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