#42D69F#42D69F

#42D69F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.148 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D69F
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 159)
HSL	hsl(158, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(158, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 25.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -51.62, 16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 54.06, 162.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.1419 0.041)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.148 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5479, 51.7509, 41.0677)
Luminance	0.5175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D69F #D64279

analogous

#42D655 #42D69F #42C3D6

triadic

#42D69F #9F42D6 #D69F42

tetradic

#42D69F #5542D6 #D64279 #C3D642

square

#42D69F #5542D6 #D64279 #C3D642

split-complementary

#42D69F #D642C3 #D65542

monochromatic

#1C825C #27B47F #42D69F #74E1B9 #A7ECD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D69F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#42D69F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D69F

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D69F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D69F	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)

#D2C79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d69f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.148 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3bb',
    500: '#42d69f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d69f;
$custom-light: #89e3bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d69f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.703,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78477,
    "c": 0.1477,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D69F

secondary

#883453

accent

#407EE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D69F

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

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