#42D5AA#42D5AA

#42D5AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.138 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D5AA
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 170)
HSL	hsl(162, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(162, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 20.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -48.70, 10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 49.74, 168.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.1358 0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.138 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2929, 51.6452, 46.2363)
Luminance	0.5165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D5AA #D5426D

analogous

#42D561 #42D5AA #42B6D5

triadic

#42D5AA #AA42D5 #D5AA42

tetradic

#42D5AA #6142D5 #D5426D #B6D542

square

#42D5AA #6142D5 #D5426D #B6D542

split-complementary

#42D5AA #D542B6 #D56142

monochromatic

#1C8063 #28B28A #42D5AA #74E0C1 #A6EBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#42D5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5AA

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D5AA	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC7A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCB8AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.138 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c3',
    500: '#42d5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d5aa;
$custom-light: #89e3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.449,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78504,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D5AA

secondary

#87344C

accent

#4172E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5AA

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

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