#42DCAA#42DCAA

#42DCAA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.147 H 166.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCAA
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 170)
HSL	hsl(161, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 22.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -51.57, 13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 53.21, 165.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.1427 0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.147 166.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0917, 55.2429, 46.8359)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCAA #DC4274

analogous

#42DC5D #42DCAA #42C1DC

triadic

#42DCAA #AA42DC #DCAA42

tetradic

#42DCAA #5D42DC #DC4274 #C1DC42

square

#42DCAA #5D42DC #DC4274 #C1DC42

split-complementary

#42DCAA #DC42C1 #DC5D42

monochromatic

#1A8A66 #23BE8B #42DCAA #76E6C1 #A9EFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DCAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#42DCAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCAA

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCAA	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CDA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BEAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dcaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.147 166.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c3',
    500: '#42dcaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dcaa;
$custom-light: #8ae8c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dcaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.519,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80235,
    "c": 0.14664,
    "h": 166.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCAA

secondary

#903251

accent

#3C75EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCAA

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

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