#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
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 143)
HSL	hsl(150, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(150, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 35%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -57.28, 26.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 63.13, 155.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.1551 0.0667)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.169 156.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7948, 54.3241, 34.7385)
Luminance	0.5433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42DC8F	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #42DC8F

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

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