#42D79D#42D79D

#42D79D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.151 H 162.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D79D
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 157)
HSL	hsl(157, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 27%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -52.46, 17.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 55.30, 161.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.1438 0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.151 162.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6296, 52.1898, 40.2457)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D79D #D7427C

analogous

#42D752 #42D79D #42C7D7

triadic

#42D79D #9D42D7 #D79D42

tetradic

#42D79D #5242D7 #D7427C #C7D742

square

#42D79D #5242D7 #D7427C #C7D742

split-complementary

#42D79D #D742C7 #D75242

monochromatic

#1C835B #26B57E #42D79D #75E2B7 #A7ECD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#42D79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#42D79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D79D

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D79D	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.151 162.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4ba',
    500: '#42d79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d79d;
$custom-light: #89e4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.644,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78679,
    "c": 0.15055,
    "h": 162.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D79D

secondary

#8A3455

accent

#4081E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D79D

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

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