#42DEA8#42DEA8

#42DEA8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.151 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DEA8
RGB	rgb(66, 222, 168)
HSL	hsl(159, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 24.3%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -52.83, 14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 54.91, 164.17°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.1456 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.151 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4320, 56.2239, 46.0231)
Luminance	0.5623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DEA8 #DE4278

analogous

#42DE5A #42DEA8 #42C6DE

triadic

#42DEA8 #A842DE #DEA842

tetradic

#42DEA8 #5A42DE #DE4278 #C6DE42

square

#42DEA8 #5A42DE #DE4278 #C6DE42

split-complementary

#42DEA8 #DE42C6 #DE5A42

monochromatic

#198D65 #22C18A #42DEA8 #76E7C0 #AAF0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#42DEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#42DEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DEA8

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DEA8	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CEA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.151 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae9c2',
    500: '#42dea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dea8;
$custom-light: #8ae9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.231,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8068,
    "c": 0.15058,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DEA8

secondary

#923253

accent

#3B78ED

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DEA8

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

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