#42DC9E#42DC9E

#42DC9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.156 H 161.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DC9E
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 158)
HSL	hsl(156, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 28.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -54.22, 19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 57.49, 160.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.1483 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.156 161.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0080, 54.8094, 41.1281)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DC9E #DC4280

analogous

#42DC51 #42DC9E #42CDDC

triadic

#42DC9E #9E42DC #DC9E42

tetradic

#42DC9E #5142DC #DC4280 #CDDC42

square

#42DC9E #5142DC #DC4280 #CDDC42

split-complementary

#42DC9E #DC42CD #DC5142

monochromatic

#1A8A5D #23BE7F #42DC9E #76E6B9 #A9EFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42DC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#42DC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DC9E

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DC9E	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CC9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BEA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dc9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.156 161.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8ba',
    500: '#42dc9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dc9e;
$custom-light: #8ae8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dc9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.844,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79948,
    "c": 0.15604,
    "h": 161.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DC9E

secondary

#903258

accent

#3C83EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DC9E

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

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