#42D09F#42D09F

#42D09F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.140 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D09F
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 159)
HSL	hsl(159, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 23.6%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -49.18, 13.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 51.00, 164.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.1359 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.14 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.0573, 48.7697, 40.5709)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D09F #D04273

analogous

#42D058 #42D09F #42BAD0

triadic

#42D09F #9F42D0 #D09F42

tetradic

#42D09F #5842D0 #D04273 #BAD042

square

#42D09F #5842D0 #D04273 #BAD042

split-complementary

#42D09F #D042BA #D05842

monochromatic

#1E795A #2AAA7E #42D09F #73DCB8 #A4E8D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42D09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#42D09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D09F

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D09F	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC29C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B4A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.140 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dfbb',
    500: '#42d09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d09f;
$custom-light: #88dfbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.296,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76982,
    "c": 0.1402,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D09F

secondary

#D599AD

accent

#447BE3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D09F

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

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