#42DEB8#42DEB8

#42DEB8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.139 H 172.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DEB8
RGB	rgb(66, 222, 184)
HSL	hsl(165, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 17.1%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.10, -49.09, 7.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.10, 49.59, 171.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.1383 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.139 172.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0153, 56.8572, 54.3618)
Luminance	0.5686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DEB8 #DE4268

analogous

#42DE6A #42DEB8 #42B6DE

triadic

#42DEB8 #B842DE #DEB842

tetradic

#42DEB8 #6A42DE #DE4268 #B6DE42

square

#42DEB8 #6A42DE #DE4268 #B6DE42

split-complementary

#42DEB8 #DE42B6 #DE6A42

monochromatic

#198D71 #22C19A #42DEB8 #76E7CC #AAF0DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#42DEB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#42DEB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DEB8

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DEB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DEB8	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7D0B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42deb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.139 172.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8be9cd',
    500: '#42deb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42deb8;
$custom-light: #8be9cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42deb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.385,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81092,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 172.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DEB8

secondary

#923249

accent

#3B66ED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FDFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DEB8

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

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