#42D3A4#42D3A4

#42D3A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.140 H 167.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3A4
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 164)
HSL	hsl(161, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(161, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 22.3%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.33, -49.27, 12.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.33, 50.78, 166.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.1366 0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.14 167)
XYZ	xyz(32.2383, 50.4235, 43.1484)
Luminance	0.5043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3A4 #D34271

analogous

#42D35C #42D3A4 #42B9D3

triadic

#42D3A4 #A442D3 #D3A442

tetradic

#42D3A4 #5C42D3 #D34271 #B9D342

square

#42D3A4 #5C42D3 #D34271 #B9D342

split-complementary

#42D3A4 #D342B9 #D35C42

monochromatic

#1D7D5E #29AF84 #42D3A4 #74DFBC #A5EAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42D3A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#42D3A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3A4

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3A4	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC5A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB7A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.140 167.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e1bf',
    500: '#42d3a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3a4;
$custom-light: #88e1bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.552,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77854,
    "c": 0.14014,
    "h": 167
  },
  "luminance": 0.50427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3A4

secondary

#85344E

accent

#4277E5

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3A4

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

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