#42DCA7#42DCA7

#42DCA7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.149 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCA7
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 167)
HSL	hsl(159, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 24.1%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -52.25, 14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 54.26, 164.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.1441 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.149 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8112, 55.1307, 45.3584)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCA7 #DC4277

analogous

#42DC5A #42DCA7 #42C4DC

triadic

#42DCA7 #A742DC #DCA742

tetradic

#42DCA7 #5A42DC #DC4277 #C4DC42

square

#42DCA7 #5A42DC #DC4277 #C4DC42

split-complementary

#42DCA7 #DC42C4 #DC5A42

monochromatic

#1A8A63 #23BE88 #42DCA7 #76E6BF #A9EFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#42DCA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#42DCA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCA7

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCA7	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CDA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BEAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dca7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.149 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c1',
    500: '#42dca7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dca7;
$custom-light: #8ae8c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dca7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.351,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80161,
    "c": 0.1489,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCA7

secondary

#903253

accent

#3C79EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCA7

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

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