#42D6AA#42D6AA

#42D6AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.139 H 168.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D6AA
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 170)
HSL	hsl(162, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(162, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 20.6%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.37, -49.11, 10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.37, 50.24, 167.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.1368 0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.139 168.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5452, 52.1498, 46.3204)
Luminance	0.5215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D6AA #D6426E

analogous

#42D660 #42D6AA #42B8D6

triadic

#42D6AA #AA42D6 #D6AA42

tetradic

#42D6AA #6042D6 #D6426E #B8D642

square

#42D6AA #6042D6 #D6426E #B8D642

split-complementary

#42D6AA #D642B8 #D66042

monochromatic

#1C8263 #27B48A #42D6AA #74E1C1 #A7ECD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#42D6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#42D6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D6AA

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D6AA	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C8A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB9AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.139 168.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e3c3',
    500: '#42d6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d6aa;
$custom-light: #89e3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.162,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78752,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 168.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D6AA

secondary

#88344D

accent

#4072E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1512

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D6AA

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

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