#42D5A0#42D5A0

#42D5A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.146 H 164.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D5A0
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 160)
HSL	hsl(158, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(158, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 24.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.85, -50.99, 15.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.85, 53.20, 163.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.1404 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.146 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3827, 51.2812, 41.4425)
Luminance	0.5129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D5A0 #D54277

analogous

#42D556 #42D5A0 #42C1D5

triadic

#42D5A0 #A042D5 #D5A042

tetradic

#42D5A0 #5642D5 #D54277 #C1D542

square

#42D5A0 #5642D5 #D54277 #C1D542

split-complementary

#42D5A0 #D542C1 #D55642

monochromatic

#1C805C #28B280 #42D5A0 #74E0B9 #A6EBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D5A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#42D5A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5A0

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D5A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D5A0	1.00	1.87	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C69D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB8A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d5a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.146 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e3bc',
    500: '#42d5a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d5a0;
$custom-light: #88e3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d5a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.367,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78252,
    "c": 0.14566,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D5A0

secondary

#873452

accent

#417DE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5A0

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

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