#42D79B#42D79B

#42D79B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.152 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D79B
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 155)
HSL	hsl(156, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(156, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 27.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -52.89, 18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 56.03, 160.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.63% -0.1447 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(78.63% 0.152 162)
XYZ	xyz(32.4602, 52.1220, 39.3538)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D79B #D7427E

analogous

#42D750 #42D79B #42C9D7

triadic

#42D79B #9B42D7 #D79B42

tetradic

#42D79B #5042D7 #D7427E #C9D742

square

#42D79B #5042D7 #D7427E #C9D742

split-complementary

#42D79B #D742C9 #D75042

monochromatic

#1C8359 #26B57C #42D79B #75E2B6 #A7ECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#42D79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#42D79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D79B

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D79B	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)

#D4C798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B99F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.152 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4b8',
    500: '#42d79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d79b;
$custom-light: #89e4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.839,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78632,
    "c": 0.15219,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.52126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D79B

secondary

#8A3456

accent

#4084E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D79B

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

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