#42D59D#42D59D

#42D59D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.148 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D59D
RGBrgb(66, 213, 157)
HSLhsl(157, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(157, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69%, 0%, 26.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(76.79, -51.66, 16.64)
CIE-LCHlch(76.79, 54.27, 162.14°)
OKLaboklab(78.18% -0.1418 0.0425)
OKLCHoklch(78.18% 0.148 163.3)
XYZxyz(32.1234, 51.1774, 40.0770)
Luminance0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D59D #D5427A
analogous
#42D554 #42D59D #42C3D5
triadic
#42D59D #9D42D5 #D59D42
tetradic
#42D59D #5442D5 #D5427A #C3D542
square
#42D59D #5442D5 #D5427A #C3D542
split-complementary
#42D59D #D542C3 #D55442
monochromatic
#1C805A #28B27D #42D59D #74E0B7 #A6EBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87
#42D59D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24
#42D59D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D59D
11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D59D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D59D1.001.8711.2411.24
#FFFFFF1.871.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2421.001.001.00
##00000011.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1C69A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEB8A1
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D5C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.148 163.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e3ba',
    500: '#42d59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d59d;
$custom-light: #88e3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.143,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7818,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D59D
secondary
#873454
accent
#4180E7
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1511
muted
#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D59D

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#42D59D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva