#42DFB2#42DFB2

#42DFB2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.144 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFB2
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 178)
HSL	hsl(163, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 20.2%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, -50.93, 10.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 51.99, 168.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.142 0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.145 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.6661, 57.1437, 51.2083)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFB2 #DF426F

analogous

#42DF64 #42DFB2 #42BDDF

triadic

#42DFB2 #B242DF #DFB242

tetradic

#42DFB2 #6442DF #DF426F #BDDF42

square

#42DFB2 #6442DF #DF426F #BDDF42

split-complementary

#42DFB2 #DF42BD #DF6442

monochromatic

#188E6D #21C394 #42DFB2 #76E8C7 #ABF1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42DFB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#42DFB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFB2

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFB2	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9D0B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C1B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.144 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beac9',
    500: '#42dfb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfb2;
$custom-light: #8beac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.803,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81178,
    "c": 0.1445,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFB2

secondary

#94324E

accent

#3A6EEE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFB2

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

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