#42DCA6#42DCA6

#42DCA6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.150 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCA6
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 166)
HSL	hsl(159, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 24.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -52.47, 15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 54.61, 163.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.1446 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.15 165)
XYZ	xyz(34.7191, 55.0938, 44.8734)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCA6 #DC4278

analogous

#42DC59 #42DCA6 #42C5DC

triadic

#42DCA6 #A642DC #DCA642

tetradic

#42DCA6 #5942DC #DC4278 #C5DC42

square

#42DCA6 #5942DC #DC4278 #C5DC42

split-complementary

#42DCA6 #DC42C5 #DC5942

monochromatic

#1A8A63 #23BE87 #42DCA6 #76E6BE #A9EFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42DCA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#42DCA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCA6

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCA6	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CCA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.150 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c0',
    500: '#42dca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dca6;
$custom-light: #8ae8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.961,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80136,
    "c": 0.14966,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.55098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCA6

secondary

#903253

accent

#3C7AEC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCA6

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

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