#42D6A1#42D6A1

#42D6A1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.146 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6A1
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 161)
HSL	hsl(159, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 24.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -51.18, 15.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 53.35, 163.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.141 0.0385)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.146 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7228, 51.8209, 41.9892)
Luminance	0.5182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6A1 #D64277

analogous

#42D657 #42D6A1 #42C1D6

triadic

#42D6A1 #A142D6 #D6A142

tetradic

#42D6A1 #5742D6 #D64277 #C1D642

square

#42D6A1 #5742D6 #D64277 #C1D642

split-complementary

#42D6A1 #D642C1 #D65742

monochromatic

#1C825D #27B481 #42D6A1 #74E1BA #A7ECD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D6A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#42D6A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6A1

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6A1	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C79E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.146 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3bd',
    500: '#42d6a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6a1;
$custom-light: #89e3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.514,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78525,
    "c": 0.14612,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6A1

secondary

#883452

accent

#407CE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6A1

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

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