#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
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 169)
HSL	hsl(160, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 23.2%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -51.80, 13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 53.56, 165.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.1432 0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.147 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.9975, 55.2052, 46.3396)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42DCA9	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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