#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
RGBrgb(66, 220, 175)
HSLhsl(162, 69%, 56%)
HSVhsv(162, 70%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(70%, 0%, 20.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LABlab(79.29, -50.41, 10.64)
CIE-LCHlch(79.29, 51.52, 168.08°)
OKLaboklab(80.36% -0.1404 0.0272)
OKLCHoklch(80.36% 0.143 169)
XYZxyz(35.5737, 55.4357, 49.3745)
Luminance0.5544 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42DCAF1.001.7412.0912.09
#FFFFFF1.741.0021.0021.00
#00000012.0921.001.001.00
##00000012.0921.001.001.00

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

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#42DCAF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva