#42DCA3#42DCA3

#42DCA3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.152 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCA3
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 163)
HSL	hsl(158, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 25.9%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -53.14, 16.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 55.68, 162.64°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.146 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.152 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4471, 54.9851, 43.4410)
Luminance	0.5499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCA3 #DC427B

analogous

#42DC56 #42DCA3 #42C8DC

triadic

#42DCA3 #A342DC #DCA342

tetradic

#42DCA3 #5642DC #DC427B #C8DC42

square

#42DCA3 #5642DC #DC427B #C8DC42

split-complementary

#42DCA3 #DC42C8 #DC5642

monochromatic

#1A8A60 #23BE84 #42DCA3 #76E6BC #A9EFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42DCA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#42DCA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCA3

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCA3	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CCA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BEA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.152 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8be',
    500: '#42dca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dca3;
$custom-light: #8ae8be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.792,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80064,
    "c": 0.152,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCA3

secondary

#903255

accent

#3C7DEC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCA3

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

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