#42D5A8#42D5A8

#42D5A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.140 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D5A8
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 168)
HSL	hsl(162, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(162, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 21.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.02, -49.17, 11.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.02, 50.41, 167.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.1367 0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.14 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1052, 51.5701, 45.2475)
Luminance	0.5157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D5A8 #D5426F

analogous

#42D55F #42D5A8 #42B8D5

triadic

#42D5A8 #A842D5 #D5A842

tetradic

#42D5A8 #5F42D5 #D5426F #B8D542

square

#42D5A8 #5F42D5 #D5426F #B8D542

split-complementary

#42D5A8 #D542B8 #D55F42

monochromatic

#1C8062 #28B288 #42D5A8 #74E0BF #A6EBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D5A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#42D5A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5A8

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D5A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D5A8	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C7A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d5a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.140 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c1',
    500: '#42d5a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d5a8;
$custom-light: #89e3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d5a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.633,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78452,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D5A8

secondary

#87344D

accent

#4174E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5A8

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

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