#42DFB1#42DFB1

#42DFB1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.145 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFB1
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 177)
HSL	hsl(162, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 20.6%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.24, -51.17, 10.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.24, 52.32, 167.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% -0.1425 0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.145 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.5661, 57.1037, 50.6814)
Luminance	0.5711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFB1 #DF4270

analogous

#42DF63 #42DFB1 #42BFDF

triadic

#42DFB1 #B142DF #DFB142

tetradic

#42DFB1 #6342DF #DF4270 #BFDF42

square

#42DFB1 #6342DF #DF4270 #BFDF42

split-complementary

#42DFB1 #DF42BF #DF6342

monochromatic

#188E6C #21C393 #42DFB1 #76E8C7 #ABF1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42DFB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#42DFB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFB1

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFB1	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9D0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C1B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.145 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beac8',
    500: '#42dfb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfb1;
$custom-light: #8beac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.42,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81152,
    "c": 0.14519,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFB1

secondary

#94324E

accent

#3A6FEE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFB1

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

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