#42DFBC#42DFBC

#42DFBC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.138 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFBC
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 188)
HSL	hsl(167, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(167, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 15.7%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -48.53, 5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 48.84, 173.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.1375 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.138 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7069, 57.5601, 56.6901)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFBC #DF4265

analogous

#42DF6E #42DFBC #42B4DF

triadic

#42DFBC #BC42DF #DFBC42

tetradic

#42DFBC #6E42DF #DF4265 #B4DF42

square

#42DFBC #6E42DF #DF4265 #B4DF42

split-complementary

#42DFBC #DF42B4 #DF6E42

monochromatic

#188E74 #21C39F #42DFBC #76E8CF #ABF1E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#42DFBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#42DFBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFBC

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFBC	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7D1BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2C1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.138 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bead0',
    500: '#42dfbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfbc;
$custom-light: #8bead0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.624,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81446,
    "c": 0.13814,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFBC

secondary

#943247

accent

#3A62EE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFBC

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

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