#42D6A8#42D6A8

#42D6A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.141 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6A8
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 168)
HSL	hsl(161, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(161, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 21.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -49.58, 11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 50.91, 166.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.1377 0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.141 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.3575, 52.0747, 45.3316)
Luminance	0.5208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6A8 #D64270

analogous

#42D65E #42D6A8 #42BAD6

triadic

#42D6A8 #A842D6 #D6A842

tetradic

#42D6A8 #5E42D6 #D64270 #BAD642

square

#42D6A8 #5E42D6 #D64270 #BAD642

split-complementary

#42D6A8 #D642BA #D65E42

monochromatic

#1C8262 #27B488 #42D6A8 #74E1BF #A7ECD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#42D6A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#42D6A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6A8

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6A8	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C7A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.141 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c1',
    500: '#42d6a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6a8;
$custom-light: #89e3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.351,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.787,
    "c": 0.14086,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6A8

secondary

#88344E

accent

#4074E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6A8

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

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