#42DFB6#42DFB6

#42DFB6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.142 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFB6
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 182)
HSL	hsl(164, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(164, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 18.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.35, -49.98, 8.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.35, 50.69, 170.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.28% -0.1402 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(81.28% 0.142 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0736, 57.3067, 53.3543)
Luminance	0.5731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFB6 #DF426B

analogous

#42DF68 #42DFB6 #42BADF

triadic

#42DFB6 #B642DF #DFB642

tetradic

#42DFB6 #6842DF #DF426B #BADF42

square

#42DFB6 #6842DF #DF426B #BADF42

split-complementary

#42DFB6 #DF42BA #DF6842

monochromatic

#188E70 #21C399 #42DFB6 #76E8CA #ABF1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42DFB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#42DFB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFB6

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFB6	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D0B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C1B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.142 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beacb',
    500: '#42dfb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfb6;
$custom-light: #8beacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.331,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81283,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFB6

secondary

#94324B

accent

#3A69EE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFB6

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

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