#42DCA5#42DCA5

#42DCA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.150 H 164.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCA5
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 165)
HSL	hsl(159, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 25%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, -52.70, 15.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 54.96, 163.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.1451 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.15 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6277, 55.0573, 44.3922)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCA5 #DC4279

analogous

#42DC58 #42DCA5 #42C6DC

triadic

#42DCA5 #A542DC #DCA542

tetradic

#42DCA5 #5842DC #DC4279 #C6DC42

square

#42DCA5 #5842DC #DC4279 #C6DC42

split-complementary

#42DCA5 #DC42C6 #DC5842

monochromatic

#1A8A62 #23BE86 #42DCA5 #76E6BE #A9EFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42DCA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#42DCA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCA5

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCA5	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CCA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BEA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.150 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8bf',
    500: '#42dca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dca5;
$custom-light: #8ae8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.571,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80112,
    "c": 0.15044,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCA5

secondary

#903254

accent

#3C7BEC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCA5

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

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