#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
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 161)
HSL	hsl(157, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 26.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -53.58, 17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 56.40, 161.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.02% -0.1469 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(80.02% 0.154 163)
XYZ	xyz(34.2694, 54.9139, 42.5047)
Luminance	0.5492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42DCA1	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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