#42D09D#42D09D

#42D09D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.142 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D09D
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 157)
HSL	hsl(158, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(158, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 24.5%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -49.64, 14.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 51.71, 163.70°)
OKLab	oklab(76.93% -0.1368 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(76.93% 0.142 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.8851, 48.7009, 39.6642)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D09D #D04275

analogous

#42D056 #42D09D #42BCD0

triadic

#42D09D #9D42D0 #D09D42

tetradic

#42D09D #5642D0 #D04275 #BCD042

square

#42D09D #5642D0 #D04275 #BCD042

split-complementary

#42D09D #D042BC #D05642

monochromatic

#1E7959 #2AAA7C #42D09D #73DCB6 #A4E8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42D09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#42D09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D09D

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D09D	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B4A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.142 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dfba',
    500: '#42d09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d09d;
$custom-light: #88dfba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.451,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76933,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D09D

secondary

#D599AE

accent

#447EE3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D09D

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

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