#42DCA9#42DCA9

#42DCA9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.147 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42DCA9
RGBrgb(66, 220, 169)
HSLhsl(160, 69%, 56%)
HSVhsv(160, 70%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 0%, 23.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(79.16, -51.80, 13.63)
CIE-LCHlch(79.16, 53.56, 165.26°)
OKLaboklab(80.21% -0.1432 0.0348)
OKLCHoklch(80.21% 0.147 166.3)
XYZxyz(34.9975, 55.2052, 46.3396)
Luminance0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42DCA9 #DC4275
analogous
#42DC5C #42DCA9 #42C2DC
triadic
#42DCA9 #A942DC #DCA942
tetradic
#42DCA9 #5C42DC #DC4275 #C2DC42
square
#42DCA9 #5C42DC #DC4275 #C2DC42
split-complementary
#42DCA9 #DC42C2 #DC5C42
monochromatic
#1A8A65 #23BE8A #42DCA9 #76E6C0 #A9EFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74
#42DCA9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04
#42DCA9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCA9
12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42DCA9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42DCA91.001.7412.0412.04
#FFFFFF1.741.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0421.001.001.00
##00000012.0421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7CDA6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3BEAC
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00DDCE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42dca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.147 166.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c2',
    500: '#42dca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42dca9;
$custom-light: #8ae8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42dca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.13,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8021,
    "c": 0.14739,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42DCA9
secondary
#903251
accent
#3C76EC
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FDF9
border
#CED5D2
text
#0D1612
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCA9

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#42DCA9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva