#42DC8F#42DC8F

#42DC8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.169 H 156.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DC8F
RGBrgb(66, 220, 143)
HSLhsl(150, 69%, 56%)
HSVhsv(150, 70%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 0%, 35%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(78.65, -57.28, 26.53)
CIE-LCHlch(78.65, 63.13, 155.15°)
OKLaboklab(79.62% -0.1551 0.0667)
OKLCHoklch(79.62% 0.169 156.7)
XYZxyz(32.7948, 54.3241, 34.7385)
Luminance0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DC8F #DC428F
analogous
#42DC42 #42DC8F #42DCDC
triadic
#42DC8F #8F42DC #DC8F42
tetradic
#42DC8F #4242DC #DC428F #DCDC42
square
#42DC8F #4242DC #DC428F #DCDC42
split-complementary
#42DC8F #DC42DC #DC4242
monochromatic
#1A8A52 #23BE70 #42DC8F #76E6AE #A9EFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77
#42DC8F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87
#42DC8F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DC8F
11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DC8F#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DC8F1.001.7711.8711.87
#FFFFFF1.771.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8721.001.001.00
##00000011.8721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBCB8A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7BD94
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DAC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dc8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.169 156.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e8b0',
    500: '#42dc8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dc8f;
$custom-light: #89e8b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dc8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79624,
    "c": 0.16887,
    "h": 156.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DC8F
secondary
#903261
accent
#3C94EC
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FDF7
border
#CED5D0
text
#0D1610
muted
#7F8481

Preview Lab

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#42DC8F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva