#42D4A8#42D4A8

#42D4A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.138 H 168.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D4A8
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 168)
HSL	hsl(162, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(162, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 20.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -48.75, 10.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 49.92, 167.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.21% -0.1357 0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(78.21% 0.138 168.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8544, 51.0686, 45.1639)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D4A8 #D4426E

analogous

#42D45F #42D4A8 #42B7D4

triadic

#42D4A8 #A842D4 #D4A842

tetradic

#42D4A8 #5F42D4 #D4426E #B7D442

square

#42D4A8 #5F42D4 #D4426E #B7D442

split-complementary

#42D4A8 #D442B7 #D45F42

monochromatic

#1D7F61 #28B188 #42D4A8 #74DFBF #A6EBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#42D4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4A8

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D4A8	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC6A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.138 168.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e2c1',
    500: '#42d4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d4a8;
$custom-light: #89e2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.918,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78205,
    "c": 0.13845,
    "h": 168.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D4A8

secondary

#86344D

accent

#4273E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D4A8

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

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