#42DFB3#42DFB3

#42DFB3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.144 H 169.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFB3
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 179)
HSL	hsl(163, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 19.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -50.70, 9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 51.66, 168.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.1416 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.144 169.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7669, 57.1840, 51.7390)
Luminance	0.5719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFB3 #DF426E

analogous

#42DF65 #42DFB3 #42BCDF

triadic

#42DFB3 #B342DF #DFB342

tetradic

#42DFB3 #6542DF #DF426E #BCDF42

square

#42DFB3 #6542DF #DF426E #BCDF42

split-complementary

#42DFB3 #DF42BC #DF6542

monochromatic

#188E6D #21C395 #42DFB3 #76E8C8 #ABF1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42DFB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#42DFB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFB3

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFB3	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9D0B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.144 169.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beac9',
    500: '#42dfb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfb3;
$custom-light: #8beac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.185,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81204,
    "c": 0.14382,
    "h": 169.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFB3

secondary

#94324D

accent

#3A6CEE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFB3

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

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