#42DFBA#42DFBA

#42DFBA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.139 H 173.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFBA
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 186)
HSL	hsl(166, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(166, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 16.6%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -49.02, 6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 49.44, 172.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.1384 0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.139 173.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4928, 57.4744, 55.5625)
Luminance	0.5748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFBA #DF4267

analogous

#42DF6C #42DFBA #42B6DF

triadic

#42DFBA #BA42DF #DFBA42

tetradic

#42DFBA #6C42DF #DF4267 #B6DF42

square

#42DFBA #6C42DF #DF4267 #B6DF42

split-complementary

#42DFBA #DF42B6 #DF6C42

monochromatic

#188E73 #21C39D #42DFBA #76E8CD #ABF1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#42DFBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#42DFBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFBA

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFBA	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8D1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3C1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.139 173.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.86,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81391,
    "c": 0.13933,
    "h": 173.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFBA

secondary

#943249

accent

#3A64EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FDFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFBA

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

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