#42D5AD#42D5AD

#42D5AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.136 H 170.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D5AD
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 173)
HSL	hsl(164, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 18.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, -47.99, 8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 48.76, 169.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% -0.1344 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.136 170.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5799, 51.7601, 47.7480)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D5AD #D5426A

analogous

#42D563 #42D5AD #42B4D5

triadic

#42D5AD #AD42D5 #D5AD42

tetradic

#42D5AD #6342D5 #D5426A #B4D542

square

#42D5AD #6342D5 #D5426A #B4D542

split-complementary

#42D5AD #D542B4 #D56342

monochromatic

#1C8065 #28B28C #42D5AD #74E0C3 #A6EBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#42D5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5AD

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D5AD	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)

#CFC7AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.136 170.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c5',
    500: '#42d5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d5ad;
$custom-light: #89e3c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.673,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78584,
    "c": 0.13621,
    "h": 170.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D5AD

secondary

#87344B

accent

#416EE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5AD

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

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