#42D5A2#42D5A2

#42D5A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.144 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D5A2
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 162)
HSL	hsl(159, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 23.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.89, -50.55, 14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.89, 52.49, 164.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.1395 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.144 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5591, 51.3517, 42.3713)
Luminance	0.5135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D5A2 #D54275

analogous

#42D559 #42D5A2 #42BED5

triadic

#42D5A2 #A242D5 #D5A242

tetradic

#42D5A2 #5942D5 #D54275 #BED542

square

#42D5A2 #5942D5 #D54275 #BED542

split-complementary

#42D5A2 #D542BE #D55942

monochromatic

#1C805E #28B282 #42D5A2 #74E0BB #A6EBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#42D5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5A2

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D5A2	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C69F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB8A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.144 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e3bd',
    500: '#42d5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d5a2;
$custom-light: #88e3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.184,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78301,
    "c": 0.14411,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D5A2

secondary

#873451

accent

#417BE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5A2

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

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