#42DCA8#42DCA8

#42DCA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.148 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DCA8
RGBrgb(66, 220, 168)
HSLhsl(160, 69%, 56%)
HSVhsv(160, 70%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 0%, 23.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(79.14, -52.02, 14.13)
CIE-LCHlch(79.14, 53.91, 164.81°)
OKLaboklab(80.19% -0.1437 0.0361)
OKLCHoklch(80.19% 0.148 165.9)
XYZxyz(34.9040, 55.1678, 45.8471)
Luminance0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DCA8 #DC4276
analogous
#42DC5B #42DCA8 #42C3DC
triadic
#42DCA8 #A842DC #DCA842
tetradic
#42DCA8 #5B42DC #DC4276 #C3DC42
square
#42DCA8 #5B42DC #DC4276 #C3DC42
split-complementary
#42DCA8 #DC42C3 #DC5B42
monochromatic
#1A8A64 #23BE89 #42DCA8 #76E6C0 #A9EFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74
#42DCA8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03
#42DCA8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCA8
12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DCA8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DCA81.001.7412.0312.03
#FFFFFF1.741.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0321.001.001.00
##00000012.0321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7CDA5
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3BEAB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DDCE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.148 165.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c2',
    500: '#42dca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dca8;
$custom-light: #8ae8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.74,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80185,
    "c": 0.14814,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DCA8
secondary
#903252
accent
#3C77EC
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FDF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1612
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCA8

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#42DCA8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva