#42DFB9#42DFB9

#42DFB9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.140 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFB9
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 185)
HSL	hsl(165, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 17%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -49.26, 6.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 49.75, 171.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.1388 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.14 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.3869, 57.4320, 55.0046)
Luminance	0.5744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFB9 #DF4268

analogous

#42DF6B #42DFB9 #42B6DF

triadic

#42DFB9 #B942DF #DFB942

tetradic

#42DFB9 #6B42DF #DF4268 #B6DF42

square

#42DFB9 #6B42DF #DF4268 #B6DF42

split-complementary

#42DFB9 #DF42B6 #DF6B42

monochromatic

#188E72 #21C39C #42DFB9 #76E8CC #ABF1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#42DFB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#42DFB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFB9

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFB9	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D1B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.140 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8beace',
    500: '#42dfb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfb9;
$custom-light: #8beace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.478,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81363,
    "c": 0.13994,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFB9

secondary

#943249

accent

#3A66EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FDFA

border

#CED5D3

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFB9

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

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