#42DFA5#42DFA5

#42DFA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.154 H 163.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFA5
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 165)
HSL	hsl(158, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 26%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -53.89, 16.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 56.47, 162.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.148 0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.154 163.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.4222, 56.6461, 44.6570)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFA5 #DF427C

analogous

#42DF57 #42DFA5 #42CBDF

triadic

#42DFA5 #A542DF #DFA542

tetradic

#42DFA5 #5742DF #DF427C #CBDF42

square

#42DFA5 #5742DF #DF427C #CBDF42

split-complementary

#42DFA5 #DF42CB #DF5742

monochromatic

#188E63 #21C387 #42DFA5 #76E8BE #ABF1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#42DFA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#42DFA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFA5

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFA5	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCFA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7C0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.154 163.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aeabf',
    500: '#42dfa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfa5;
$custom-light: #8aeabf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.834,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80855,
    "c": 0.15414,
    "h": 163.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFA5

secondary

#943256

accent

#3A7CEE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFA5

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

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