#42AE7D#42AE7D

#42AE7D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.124 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42AE7D
RGBrgb(66, 174, 125)
HSLhsl(153, 45%, 47%)
HSVhsv(153, 62%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(62.1%, 0%, 28.2%, 31.8%)
CIE-LABlab(64.09, -42.54, 16.21)
CIE-LCHlch(64.09, 45.52, 159.14°)
OKLaboklab(67.55% -0.1165 0.0413)
OKLCHoklch(67.55% 0.124 160.5)
XYZxyz(21.0825, 32.9089, 24.6391)
Luminance0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42AE7D #AE4273
analogous
#42AE47 #42AE7D #42A9AE
triadic
#42AE7D #7D42AE #AE7D42
tetradic
#42AE7D #4742AE #AE4273 #A9AE42
square
#42AE7D #4742AE #AE4273 #A9AE42
split-complementary
#42AE7D #AE42A9 #AE4742
monochromatic
#20553D #31825D #42AE7D #68C69B #94D6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77
#42AE7D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58
#42AE7D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42AE7D
7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42AE7D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42AE7D1.002.777.587.58
#FFFFFF2.771.0021.0021.00
#0000007.5821.001.001.00
##0000007.5821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACA27A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#9D9780
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00ADA1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42ae7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 174, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.124 160.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7a2',
    500: '#42ae7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42ae7d;
$custom-light: #81c7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42ae7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.778,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67553,
    "c": 0.12357,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42AE7D
secondary
#C28AA3
accent
#538ED5
background
#F8FCFA
surface
#EFF8F3
border
#CAD1CD
text
#0B130F
muted
#7C827F

Preview Lab

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#42AE7D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva