#42D3A1#42D3A1

#42D3A1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.142 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3A1
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 161)
HSL	hsl(159, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 23.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -49.96, 13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 51.82, 164.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.138 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.142 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9706, 50.3164, 41.7384)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3A1 #D34274

analogous

#42D358 #42D3A1 #42BDD3

triadic

#42D3A1 #A142D3 #D3A142

tetradic

#42D3A1 #5842D3 #D34274 #BDD342

square

#42D3A1 #5842D3 #D34274 #BDD342

split-complementary

#42D3A1 #D342BD #D35842

monochromatic

#1D7D5C #29AF81 #42D3A1 #74DFBA #A5EAD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#42D3A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#42D3A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3A1

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3A1	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC49E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB6A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.142 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e1bc',
    500: '#42d3a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3a1;
$custom-light: #88e1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.31,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77779,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3A1

secondary

#853450

accent

#427BE5

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3A1

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

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