#42D3AD#42D3AD

#42D3AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.134 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D3AD
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 173)
HSL	hsl(164, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 18%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -47.15, 7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 47.78, 170.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.1324 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.134 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0800, 50.7602, 47.5814)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D3AD #D34268

analogous

#42D365 #42D3AD #42B1D3

triadic

#42D3AD #AD42D3 #D3AD42

tetradic

#42D3AD #6542D3 #D34268 #B1D342

square

#42D3AD #6542D3 #D34268 #B1D342

split-complementary

#42D3AD #D342B1 #D36542

monochromatic

#1D7D64 #29AF8C #42D3AD #74DFC3 #A5EAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#42D3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D3AD

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D3AD	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B7B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.134 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e1c5',
    500: '#42d3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d3ad;
$custom-light: #89e1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.276,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7809,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D3AD

secondary

#853449

accent

#426DE5

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D3AD

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

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