#42D09C#42D09C

#42D09C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.143 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D09C
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 156)
HSL	hsl(158, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 25%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -49.86, 15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 52.07, 163.24°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.1373 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.143 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8001, 48.6669, 39.2165)
Luminance	0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D09C #D04276

analogous

#42D055 #42D09C #42BDD0

triadic

#42D09C #9C42D0 #D09C42

tetradic

#42D09C #5542D0 #D04276 #BDD042

square

#42D09C #5542D0 #D04276 #BDD042

split-complementary

#42D09C #D042BD #D05542

monochromatic

#1E7958 #2AAA7C #42D09C #73DCB6 #A4E8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42D09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#42D09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D09C

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D09C	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)

#CCC199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B49F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.143 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dfb9',
    500: '#42d09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d09c;
$custom-light: #87dfb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.028,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76908,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D09C

secondary

#D599AF

accent

#447FE3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D09C

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

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