#42D0A8#42D0A8

#42D0A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.134 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0A8
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 168)
HSL	hsl(163, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(163, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 19.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, -47.09, 8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 47.93, 169.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.1317 0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.134 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8669, 49.0936, 44.8347)
Luminance	0.4910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0A8 #D0426A

analogous

#42D061 #42D0A8 #42B1D0

triadic

#42D0A8 #A842D0 #D0A842

tetradic

#42D0A8 #6142D0 #D0426A #B1D042

square

#42D0A8 #6142D0 #D0426A #B1D042

split-complementary

#42D0A8 #D042B1 #D06142

monochromatic

#1E7960 #2AAA86 #42D0A8 #73DCBF #A4E8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42D0A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#42D0A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0A8

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0A8	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC2A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B4AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.134 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dfc1',
    500: '#42d0a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0a8;
$custom-light: #88dfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.099,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77214,
    "c": 0.13369,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0A8

secondary

#D599AA

accent

#4471E3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0A8

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

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