#42DFA4#42DFA4

#42DFA4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.155 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFA4
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 164)
HSL	hsl(157, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 26.5%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.96, -54.11, 17.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.96, 56.83, 162.19°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.1485 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.155 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3315, 56.6099, 44.1795)
Luminance	0.5661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFA4 #DF427D

analogous

#42DF56 #42DFA4 #42CCDF

triadic

#42DFA4 #A442DF #DFA442

tetradic

#42DFA4 #5642DF #DF427D #CCDF42

square

#42DFA4 #5642DF #DF427D #CCDF42

split-complementary

#42DFA4 #DF42CC #DF5642

monochromatic

#188E62 #21C386 #42DFA4 #76E8BD #ABF1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#42DFA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#42DFA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFA4

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFA4	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	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)

#DBCFA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.155 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aeabf',
    500: '#42dfa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfa4;
$custom-light: #8aeabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.452,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80832,
    "c": 0.15494,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFA4

secondary

#943256

accent

#3A7EEE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFA4

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

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