#42D79F#42D79F

#42D79F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.149 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D79F
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 159)
HSL	hsl(157, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 26%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -52.02, 16.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 54.57, 162.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.1429 0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.149 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8017, 52.2586, 41.1524)
Luminance	0.5226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D79F #D7427A

analogous

#42D755 #42D79F #42C4D7

triadic

#42D79F #9F42D7 #D79F42

tetradic

#42D79F #5542D7 #D7427A #C4D742

square

#42D79F #5542D7 #D7427A #C4D742

split-complementary

#42D79F #D742C4 #D75542

monochromatic

#1C835C #26B580 #42D79F #75E2B9 #A7ECD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42D79F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#42D79F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D79F

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D79F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D79F	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BAA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d79f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.149 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4bb',
    500: '#42d79f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d79f;
$custom-light: #89e4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d79f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.45,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78726,
    "c": 0.14895,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D79F

secondary

#8A3454

accent

#407FE8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D79F

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

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