#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
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 155)
HSL	hsl(156, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(156, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 27.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -52.49, 18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 55.52, 161.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.1437 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.151 162.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2064, 51.6143, 39.2692)
Luminance	0.5162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42D69B	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #42D69B

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

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