#42D5A9#42D5A9

#42D5A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.139 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D5A9
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 169)
HSL	hsl(162, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(162, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 20.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -48.93, 10.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 50.08, 167.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.1363 0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.139 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.1987, 51.6075, 45.7400)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D5A9 #D5426E

analogous

#42D560 #42D5A9 #42B7D5

triadic

#42D5A9 #A942D5 #D5A942

tetradic

#42D5A9 #6042D5 #D5426E #B7D542

square

#42D5A9 #6042D5 #D5426E #B7D542

split-complementary

#42D5A9 #D542B7 #D56042

monochromatic

#1C8062 #28B289 #42D5A9 #74E0C0 #A6EBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D5A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#42D5A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5A9

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D5A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D5A9	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C7A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d5a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.139 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c2',
    500: '#42d5a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d5a9;
$custom-light: #89e3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d5a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.041,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78478,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D5A9

secondary

#87344D

accent

#4173E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5A9

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

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