#42DEB7#42DEB7

#42DEB7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.140 H 172.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DEB7
RGB	rgb(66, 222, 183)
HSL	hsl(165, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 17.6%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -49.33, 7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 49.90, 171.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.1388 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.14 172.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9109, 56.8154, 53.8117)
Luminance	0.5682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DEB7 #DE4269

analogous

#42DE69 #42DEB7 #42B7DE

triadic

#42DEB7 #B742DE #DEB742

tetradic

#42DEB7 #6942DE #DE4269 #B7DE42

square

#42DEB7 #6942DE #DE4269 #B7DE42

split-complementary

#42DEB7 #DE42B7 #DE6942

monochromatic

#198D70 #22C199 #42DEB7 #76E7CB #AAF0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#42DEB7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#42DEB7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DEB7

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DEB7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DEB7	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7D0B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C0BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42deb7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.140 172.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be9cc',
    500: '#42deb7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42deb7;
$custom-light: #8be9cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42deb7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81065,
    "c": 0.14006,
    "h": 172.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DEB7

secondary

#92324A

accent

#3B67ED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FDFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DEB7

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

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