#42DC9C#42DC9C

#42DC9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.158 H 161.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DC9C
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 156)
HSL	hsl(155, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 29.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -54.65, 20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 58.23, 159.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.9% -0.1492 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(79.9% 0.158 161.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8372, 54.7411, 40.2288)
Luminance	0.5474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DC9C #DC4282

analogous

#42DC4F #42DC9C #42CFDC

triadic

#42DC9C #9C42DC #DC9C42

tetradic

#42DC9C #4F42DC #DC4282 #CFDC42

square

#42DC9C #4F42DC #DC4282 #CFDC42

split-complementary

#42DC9C #DC42CF #DC4F42

monochromatic

#1A8A5B #23BE7D #42DC9C #76E6B7 #A9EFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42DC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#42DC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DC9C

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DC9C	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BEA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.158 161.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8b9',
    500: '#42dc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dc9c;
$custom-light: #8ae8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.065,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79902,
    "c": 0.1577,
    "h": 161.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DC9C

secondary

#903259

accent

#3C85EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DC9C

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

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