#42D0A9#42D0A9

#42D0A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.133 H 170.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D0A9
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 169)
HSL	hsl(164, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(164, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 18.8%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -46.85, 8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 47.61, 169.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.1312 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.133 170.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9604, 49.1310, 45.3273)
Luminance	0.4914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D0A9 #D04269

analogous

#42D062 #42D0A9 #42B0D0

triadic

#42D0A9 #A942D0 #D0A942

tetradic

#42D0A9 #6242D0 #D04269 #B0D042

square

#42D0A9 #6242D0 #D04269 #B0D042

split-complementary

#42D0A9 #D042B0 #D06242

monochromatic

#1E7960 #2AAA87 #42D0A9 #73DCBF #A4E8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#42D0A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#42D0A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D0A9

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D0A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D0A9	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAC2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B4AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d0a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.133 170.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88dfc2',
    500: '#42d0a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d0a9;
$custom-light: #88dfc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d0a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.521,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7724,
    "c": 0.13301,
    "h": 170.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D0A9

secondary

#D599A9

accent

#4470E3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF7

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D0A9

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

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