#42D5AC#42D5AC

#42D5AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.137 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D5AC
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 172)
HSL	hsl(163, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 19.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.11, -48.22, 9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.11, 49.08, 169.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.1349 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.137 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.4835, 51.7215, 47.2403)
Luminance	0.5172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D5AC #D5426B

analogous

#42D562 #42D5AC #42B5D5

triadic

#42D5AC #AC42D5 #D5AC42

tetradic

#42D5AC #6242D5 #D5426B #B5D542

square

#42D5AC #6242D5 #D5426B #B5D542

split-complementary

#42D5AC #D542B5 #D56242

monochromatic

#1C8064 #28B28C #42D5AC #74E0C2 #A6EBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#42D5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5AC

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D5AC	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC7AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.137 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c4',
    500: '#42d5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d5ac;
$custom-light: #89e3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.265,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78557,
    "c": 0.13688,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D5AC

secondary

#87344B

accent

#416FE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5AC

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

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