#42DEA6#42DEA6

#42DEA6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.152 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DEA6
RGB	rgb(66, 222, 166)
HSL	hsl(158, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 25.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -53.27, 15.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 55.61, 163.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.1466 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.152 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2472, 56.1499, 45.0494)
Luminance	0.5615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DEA6 #DE427A

analogous

#42DE58 #42DEA6 #42C8DE

triadic

#42DEA6 #A642DE #DEA642

tetradic

#42DEA6 #5842DE #DE427A #C8DE42

square

#42DEA6 #5842DE #DE427A #C8DE42

split-complementary

#42DEA6 #DE42C8 #DE5842

monochromatic

#198D63 #22C188 #42DEA6 #76E7BF #AAF0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DEA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#42DEA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DEA6

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DEA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DEA6	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACEA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C0AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.152 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae9c0',
    500: '#42dea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dea6;
$custom-light: #8ae9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.462,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80632,
    "c": 0.15213,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DEA6

secondary

#923254

accent

#3B7BED

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DEA6

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

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