#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
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 168)
HSL	hsl(160, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 23.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.14, -52.02, 14.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.14, 53.91, 164.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.1437 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.148 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9040, 55.1678, 45.8471)
Luminance	0.5517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42DCA8	1.00	1.74	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.74	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)

#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

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

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