#42DCAF#42DCAF

#42DCAF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.143 H 169.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DCAF
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 175)
HSL	hsl(162, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 20.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, -50.41, 10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 51.52, 168.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% -0.1404 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.143 169)
XYZ	xyz(35.5737, 55.4357, 49.3745)
Luminance	0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DCAF #DC426F

analogous

#42DC62 #42DCAF #42BCDC

triadic

#42DCAF #AF42DC #DCAF42

tetradic

#42DCAF #6242DC #DC426F #BCDC42

square

#42DCAF #6242DC #DC426F #BCDC42

split-complementary

#42DCAF #DC42BC #DC6242

monochromatic

#1A8A69 #23BE91 #42DCAF #76E6C5 #A9EFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#42DCAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#42DCAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DCAF

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DCAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DCAF	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CDAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BEB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dcaf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.143 169.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae8c6',
    500: '#42dcaf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dcaf;
$custom-light: #8ae8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dcaf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.468,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80362,
    "c": 0.14306,
    "h": 169
  },
  "luminance": 0.5544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DCAF

secondary

#90324E

accent

#3C6FEC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DCAF

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

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