#42DAAA#42DAAA

#42DAAA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.144 H 167.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAAA
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 170)
HSL	hsl(161, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 22%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -50.75, 12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 52.22, 166.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.1408 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.144 167.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5700, 54.1994, 46.6620)
Luminance	0.5420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAAA #DA4272

analogous

#42DA5E #42DAAA #42BEDA

triadic

#42DAAA #AA42DA #DAAA42

tetradic

#42DAAA #5E42DA #DA4272 #BEDA42

square

#42DAAA #5E42DA #DA4272 #BEDA42

split-complementary

#42DAAA #DA42BE #DA5E42

monochromatic

#1A8765 #24BA8B #42DAAA #75E4C1 #A8EED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42DAAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#42DAAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAAA

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAAA	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CBA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42daaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.144 167.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae6c3',
    500: '#42daaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42daaa;
$custom-light: #8ae6c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42daaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.053,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79741,
    "c": 0.14423,
    "h": 167.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAAA

secondary

#8D334F

accent

#3E74EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAAA

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

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