#42D6A3#42D6A3

#42D6A3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.145 H 165.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6A3
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 163)
HSL	hsl(159, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 23.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.22, -50.73, 14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.22, 52.64, 164.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.14 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.145 165.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.9006, 51.8920, 42.9255)
Luminance	0.5190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6A3 #D64275

analogous

#42D659 #42D6A3 #42BFD6

triadic

#42D6A3 #A342D6 #D6A342

tetradic

#42D6A3 #5942D6 #D64275 #BFD642

square

#42D6A3 #5942D6 #D64275 #BFD642

split-complementary

#42D6A3 #D642BF #D65942

monochromatic

#1C825F #27B483 #42D6A3 #74E1BB #A7ECD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#42D6A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#42D6A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6A3

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6A3	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C7A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB9A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.145 165.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3be',
    500: '#42d6a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6a3;
$custom-light: #89e3be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.324,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78574,
    "c": 0.14457,
    "h": 165.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6A3

secondary

#883451

accent

#407AE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6A3

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

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