#42D69B#42D69B

#42D69B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.151 H 162.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D69B
RGBrgb(66, 214, 155)
HSLhsl(156, 64%, 55%)
HSVhsv(156, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69.2%, 0%, 27.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LABlab(77.05, -52.49, 18.07)
CIE-LCHlch(77.05, 55.52, 161.01°)
OKLaboklab(78.38% -0.1437 0.046)
OKLCHoklch(78.38% 0.151 162.2)
XYZxyz(32.2064, 51.6143, 39.2692)
Luminance0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D69B #D6427D
analogous
#42D651 #42D69B #42C7D6
triadic
#42D69B #9B42D6 #D69B42
tetradic
#42D69B #5142D6 #D6427D #C7D642
square
#42D69B #5142D6 #D6427D #C7D642
split-complementary
#42D69B #D642C7 #D65142
monochromatic
#1C8259 #27B47C #42D69B #74E1B6 #A7ECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#42D69B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32
#42D69B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D69B
11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D69B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D69B1.001.8511.3211.32
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3221.001.001.00
##00000011.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3C698
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFB99F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D6C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d69b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.151 162.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e3b8',
    500: '#42d69b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d69b;
$custom-light: #88e3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d69b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.081,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78383,
    "c": 0.15093,
    "h": 162.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D69B
secondary
#883456
accent
#4083E7
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1611
muted
#7F8481

Preview Lab

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#42D69B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva