#42D6A2#42D6A2

#42D6A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.145 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6A2
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 162)
HSL	hsl(159, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 24.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -50.95, 14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 52.99, 164.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.1405 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.145 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8114, 51.8563, 42.4554)
Luminance	0.5186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6A2 #D64276

analogous

#42D658 #42D6A2 #42C0D6

triadic

#42D6A2 #A242D6 #D6A242

tetradic

#42D6A2 #5842D6 #D64276 #C0D642

square

#42D6A2 #5842D6 #D64276 #C0D642

split-complementary

#42D6A2 #D642C0 #D65842

monochromatic

#1C825E #27B482 #42D6A2 #74E1BB #A7ECD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D6A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#42D6A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6A2

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6A2	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)

#D2C79F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.145 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3bd',
    500: '#42d6a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6a2;
$custom-light: #89e3bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.919,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7855,
    "c": 0.14535,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6A2

secondary

#883451

accent

#407BE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6A2

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

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