#42DAA8#42DAA8

#42DAA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.146 H 166.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAA8
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 168)
HSL	hsl(160, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 22.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -51.21, 13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 52.91, 165.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% -0.1417 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.146 166.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3822, 54.1243, 45.6732)
Luminance	0.5413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAA8 #DA4274

analogous

#42DA5C #42DAA8 #42C0DA

triadic

#42DAA8 #A842DA #DAA842

tetradic

#42DAA8 #5C42DA #DA4274 #C0DA42

square

#42DAA8 #5C42DA #DA4274 #C0DA42

split-complementary

#42DAA8 #DA42C0 #DA5C42

monochromatic

#1A8763 #24BA89 #42DAA8 #75E4C0 #A8EED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#42DAA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#42DAA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAA8

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAA8	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CBA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42daa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.146 166.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6c2',
    500: '#42daa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42daa8;
$custom-light: #89e6c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42daa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.263,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7969,
    "c": 0.1457,
    "h": 166.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAA8

secondary

#8D3351

accent

#3E76EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAA8

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

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