#42D5AF#42D5AF

#42D5AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.135 H 171.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D5AF
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 175)
HSL	hsl(164, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 17.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.18, -47.50, 7.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.18, 48.11, 170.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.1335 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.135 171.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7749, 51.8380, 48.7748)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D5AF #D54268

analogous

#42D566 #42D5AF #42B1D5

triadic

#42D5AF #AF42D5 #D5AF42

tetradic

#42D5AF #6642D5 #D54268 #B1D542

square

#42D5AF #6642D5 #D54268 #B1D542

split-complementary

#42D5AF #D542B1 #D56642

monochromatic

#1C8066 #28B28E #42D5AF #74E0C4 #A6EBD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D5AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#42D5AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D5AF

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D5AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D5AF	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC7AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB9B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d5af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.135 171.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c6',
    500: '#42d5af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d5af;
$custom-light: #89e3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d5af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.49,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78637,
    "c": 0.1349,
    "h": 171.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D5AF

secondary

#873449

accent

#416CE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D5AF

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

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