#42DCA2#42DCA2

#42DCA2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.153 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCA2
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 162)
HSL	hsl(157, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 26.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.01, -53.36, 17.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.01, 56.03, 162.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.1464 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.153 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3579, 54.9494, 42.9710)
Luminance	0.5495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCA2 #DC427C

analogous

#42DC55 #42DCA2 #42C9DC

triadic

#42DCA2 #A242DC #DCA242

tetradic

#42DCA2 #5542DC #DC427C #C9DC42

square

#42DCA2 #5542DC #DC427C #C9DC42

split-complementary

#42DCA2 #DC42C9 #DC5542

monochromatic

#1A8A60 #23BE83 #42DCA2 #76E6BB #A9EFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42DCA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#42DCA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCA2

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCA2	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CC9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BEA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.153 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8bd',
    500: '#42dca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dca2;
$custom-light: #8ae8bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.403,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80041,
    "c": 0.1528,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCA2

secondary

#903256

accent

#3C7EEC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCA2

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

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