#42DCA1#42DCA1

#42DCA1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.154 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DCA1
RGBrgb(66, 220, 161)
HSLhsl(157, 69%, 56%)
HSVhsv(157, 70%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 0%, 26.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(78.99, -53.58, 17.61)
CIE-LCHlch(78.99, 56.40, 161.81°)
OKLaboklab(80.02% -0.1469 0.0449)
OKLCHoklch(80.02% 0.154 163)
XYZxyz(34.2694, 54.9139, 42.5047)
Luminance0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DCA1 #DC427D
analogous
#42DC54 #42DCA1 #42CADC
triadic
#42DCA1 #A142DC #DCA142
tetradic
#42DCA1 #5442DC #DC427D #CADC42
square
#42DCA1 #5442DC #DC427D #CADC42
split-complementary
#42DCA1 #DC42CA #DC5442
monochromatic
#1A8A5F #23BE82 #42DCA1 #76E6BB #A9EFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75
#42DCA1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98
#42DCA1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCA1
11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DCA1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DCA11.001.7511.9811.98
#FFFFFF1.751.0021.0021.00
#00000011.9821.001.001.00
##00000011.9821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8CC9E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4BEA5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DCCC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.154 163.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8bd',
    500: '#42dca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dca1;
$custom-light: #8ae8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.013,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80017,
    "c": 0.15361,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.54918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DCA1
secondary
#903256
accent
#3C7FEC
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FDF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1612
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCA1

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#42DCA1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva