#42D7A0#42D7A0

#42D7A0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.148 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7A0
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 160)
HSL	hsl(158, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(158, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 25.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.46, -51.80, 15.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.46, 54.21, 162.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.1424 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.148 164)
XYZ	xyz(32.8889, 52.2935, 41.6112)
Luminance	0.5230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7A0 #D74279

analogous

#42D755 #42D7A0 #42C4D7

triadic

#42D7A0 #A042D7 #D7A042

tetradic

#42D7A0 #5542D7 #D74279 #C4D742

square

#42D7A0 #5542D7 #D74279 #C4D742

split-complementary

#42D7A0 #D742C4 #D75542

monochromatic

#1C835D #26B581 #42D7A0 #75E2B9 #A7ECD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42D7A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#42D7A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7A0

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7A0	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C89D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BAA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.148 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4bc',
    500: '#42d7a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7a0;
$custom-light: #89e4bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.852,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7875,
    "c": 0.14815,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.52297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7A0

secondary

#8A3453

accent

#407EE8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7A0

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

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