#42DCAB#42DCAB

#42DCAB is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.146 H 167.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCAB
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 171)
HSL	hsl(161, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 22.3%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.20, -51.34, 12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.20, 52.87, 166.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.1423 0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.146 167.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1867, 55.2809, 47.3360)
Luminance	0.5528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCAB #DC4273

analogous

#42DC5E #42DCAB #42C0DC

triadic

#42DCAB #AB42DC #DCAB42

tetradic

#42DCAB #5E42DC #DC4273 #C0DC42

square

#42DCAB #5E42DC #DC4273 #C0DC42

split-complementary

#42DCAB #DC42C0 #DC5E42

monochromatic

#1A8A66 #23BE8C #42DCAB #76E6C2 #A9EFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DCAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#42DCAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCAB

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCAB	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CDA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BEAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dcab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.146 167.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c4',
    500: '#42dcab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dcab;
$custom-light: #8ae8c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dcab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.909,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8026,
    "c": 0.14591,
    "h": 167.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCAB

secondary

#903250

accent

#3C74EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCAB

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

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