#42DEA0#42DEA0

#42DEA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.157 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DEA0
RGB	rgb(66, 222, 160)
HSL	hsl(156, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 27.9%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.58, -54.58, 18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.58, 57.78, 160.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.1493 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.157 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7096, 55.9349, 42.2181)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DEA0 #DE4280

analogous

#42DE52 #42DEA0 #42CEDE

triadic

#42DEA0 #A042DE #DEA042

tetradic

#42DEA0 #5242DE #DE4280 #CEDE42

square

#42DEA0 #5242DE #DE4280 #CEDE42

split-complementary

#42DEA0 #DE42CE #DE5242

monochromatic

#198D5F #22C182 #42DEA0 #76E7BA #AAF0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DEA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#42DEA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DEA0

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DEA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DEA0	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCE9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BFA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DECD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.157 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae9bc',
    500: '#42dea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dea0;
$custom-light: #8ae9bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.154,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80491,
    "c": 0.15692,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DEA0

secondary

#923258

accent

#3B82ED

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DEA0

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

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