#42D4AD#42D4AD

#42D4AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.135 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D4AD
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 173)
HSL	hsl(164, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 18.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -47.57, 8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 48.27, 170.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.1334 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.135 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3292, 51.2586, 47.6644)
Luminance	0.5126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D4AD #D44269

analogous

#42D464 #42D4AD #42B2D4

triadic

#42D4AD #AD42D4 #D4AD42

tetradic

#42D4AD #6442D4 #D44269 #B2D442

square

#42D4AD #6442D4 #D44269 #B2D442

split-complementary

#42D4AD #D442B2 #D46442

monochromatic

#1D7F65 #28B18C #42D4AD #74DFC3 #A6EBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#42D4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D4AD

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D4AD	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC6AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.135 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e2c5',
    500: '#42d4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d4ad;
$custom-light: #89e2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.973,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78337,
    "c": 0.13505,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D4AD

secondary

#86344A

accent

#426EE6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D4AD

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

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