#42DFA3#42DFA3

#42DFA3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.156 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFA3
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 163)
HSL	hsl(157, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 26.9%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, -54.33, 17.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 57.19, 161.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.1489 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.156 163)
XYZ	xyz(35.2416, 56.5739, 43.7058)
Luminance	0.5658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFA3 #DF427E

analogous

#42DF55 #42DFA3 #42CDDF

triadic

#42DFA3 #A342DF #DFA342

tetradic

#42DFA3 #5542DF #DF427E #CDDF42

square

#42DFA3 #5542DF #DF427E #CDDF42

split-complementary

#42DFA3 #DF42CD #DF5542

monochromatic

#188E61 #21C385 #42DFA3 #76E8BC #ABF1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#42DFA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#42DFA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFA3

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFA3	1.00	1.71	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCFA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C0A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.156 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aeabe',
    500: '#42dfa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfa3;
$custom-light: #8aeabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.07,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80808,
    "c": 0.15574,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.56578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFA3

secondary

#943257

accent

#3A7FEE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFA3

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

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