#42D69D#42D69D

#42D69D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.149 H 163.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D69D
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 157)
HSL	hsl(157, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 26.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -52.06, 17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 54.79, 161.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.1428 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.149 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3757, 51.6820, 40.1611)
Luminance	0.5169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D69D #D6427B

analogous

#42D653 #42D69D #42C5D6

triadic

#42D69D #9D42D6 #D69D42

tetradic

#42D69D #5342D6 #D6427B #C5D642

square

#42D69D #5342D6 #D6427B #C5D642

split-complementary

#42D69D #D642C5 #D65342

monochromatic

#1C825A #27B47E #42D69D #74E1B7 #A7ECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D69D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#42D69D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D69D

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D69D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D69D	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d69d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.149 163.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3ba',
    500: '#42d69d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d69d;
$custom-light: #89e3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d69d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.892,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7843,
    "c": 0.14929,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D69D

secondary

#883454

accent

#4081E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D69D

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

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