#42DFAD#42DFAD

#42DFAD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.148 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DFAD
RGB	rgb(66, 223, 173)
HSL	hsl(161, 71%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(161, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.4%, 0%, 22.4%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -52.09, 12.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 53.67, 166.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.1443 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.148 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1732, 56.9466, 48.6124)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DFAD #DF4274

analogous

#42DF5F #42DFAD #42C2DF

triadic

#42DFAD #AD42DF #DFAD42

tetradic

#42DFAD #5F42DF #DF4274 #C2DF42

square

#42DFAD #5F42DF #DF4274 #C2DF42

split-complementary

#42DFAD #DF42C2 #DF5F42

monochromatic

#188E69 #21C38F #42DFAD #76E8C4 #ABF1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#42DFAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#42DFAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DFAD

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DFAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DFAD	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAD0AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C1B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dfad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 223, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.148 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aeac5',
    500: '#42dfad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dfad;
$custom-light: #8aeac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dfad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.892,
    "s": 71.041,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8105,
    "c": 0.14805,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DFAD

secondary

#943251

accent

#3A73EE

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DFAD

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

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