#42D6A0#42D6A0

#42D6A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.147 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6A0
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 160)
HSL	hsl(158, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(158, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 25.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, -51.40, 15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 53.70, 163.15°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.1414 0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.147 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6350, 51.7858, 41.5266)
Luminance	0.5179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6A0 #D64278

analogous

#42D656 #42D6A0 #42C2D6

triadic

#42D6A0 #A042D6 #D6A042

tetradic

#42D6A0 #5642D6 #D64278 #C2D642

square

#42D6A0 #5642D6 #D64278 #C2D642

split-complementary

#42D6A0 #D642C2 #D65642

monochromatic

#1C825D #27B480 #42D6A0 #74E1B9 #A7ECD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D6A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#42D6A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6A0

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6A0	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C79D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.147 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3bc',
    500: '#42d6a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6a0;
$custom-light: #89e3bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.108,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78501,
    "c": 0.1469,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6A0

secondary

#883453

accent

#407DE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6A0

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

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