#42DFB4#42DFB4

#42DFB4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.143 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFB4
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 180)
HSL	hsl(164, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 19.3%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.31, -50.46, 9.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.31, 51.34, 169.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.1411 0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.143 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8684, 57.2246, 52.2736)
Luminance	0.5723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFB4 #DF426D

analogous

#42DF66 #42DFB4 #42BCDF

triadic

#42DFB4 #B442DF #DFB442

tetradic

#42DFB4 #6642DF #DF426D #BCDF42

square

#42DFB4 #6642DF #DF426D #BCDF42

split-complementary

#42DFB4 #DF42BC #DF6642

monochromatic

#188E6E #21C396 #42DFB4 #76E8C9 #ABF1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42DFB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#42DFB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFB4

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFB4	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9D0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4C1B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.143 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beaca',
    500: '#42dfb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfb4;
$custom-light: #8beaca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.567,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8123,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFB4

secondary

#94324C

accent

#3A6BEE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFB4

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

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