#42DC9B#42DC9B

#42DC9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.159 H 160.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DC9B
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 155)
HSL	hsl(155, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 29.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, -54.86, 20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 58.60, 159.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.1497 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.159 160.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7529, 54.7074, 39.7847)
Luminance	0.5471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DC9B #DC4283

analogous

#42DC4E #42DC9B #42D0DC

triadic

#42DC9B #9B42DC #DC9B42

tetradic

#42DC9B #4E42DC #DC4283 #D0DC42

square

#42DC9B #4E42DC #DC4283 #D0DC42

split-complementary

#42DC9B #DC42D0 #DC4E42

monochromatic

#1A8A5B #23BE7C #42DC9B #76E6B6 #A9EFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42DC9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#42DC9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DC9B

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DC9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DC9B	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BE9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dc9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.159 160.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8b8',
    500: '#42dc9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dc9b;
$custom-light: #8ae8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dc9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.675,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7988,
    "c": 0.15853,
    "h": 160.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DC9B

secondary

#90325A

accent

#3C86EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DC9B

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

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