#42DCAD#42DCAD

#42DCAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.144 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCAD
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 173)
HSL	hsl(162, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 21.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -50.88, 11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 52.19, 167.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.1414 0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.144 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.3788, 55.3577, 48.3476)
Luminance	0.5536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCAD #DC4271

analogous

#42DC60 #42DCAD #42BEDC

triadic

#42DCAD #AD42DC #DCAD42

tetradic

#42DCAD #6042DC #DC4271 #BEDC42

square

#42DCAD #6042DC #DC4271 #BEDC42

split-complementary

#42DCAD #DC42BE #DC6042

monochromatic

#1A8A68 #23BE8F #42DCAD #76E6C3 #A9EFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DCAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#42DCAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCAD

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCAD	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CDAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BEB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dcad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.144 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c5',
    500: '#42dcad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dcad;
$custom-light: #8ae8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dcad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.688,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80311,
    "c": 0.14447,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCAD

secondary

#90324F

accent

#3C72EC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCAD

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

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