#42D09B#42D09B

#42D09B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.143 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D09B
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 155)
HSL	hsl(158, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 25.5%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -50.08, 15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 52.43, 162.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.1377 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.143 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.7158, 48.6331, 38.7723)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D09B #D04277

analogous

#42D054 #42D09B #42BED0

triadic

#42D09B #9B42D0 #D09B42

tetradic

#42D09B #5442D0 #D04277 #BED042

square

#42D09B #5442D0 #D04277 #BED042

split-complementary

#42D09B #D042BE #D05442

monochromatic

#1E7957 #2AAA7B #42D09B #73DCB5 #A4E8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42D09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#42D09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D09B

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D09B	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.143 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dfb8',
    500: '#42d09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d09b;
$custom-light: #87dfb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.606,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76884,
    "c": 0.14333,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D09B

secondary

#D599AF

accent

#4480E3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D09B

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

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