#42D7A3#42D7A3

#42D7A3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.146 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7A3
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 163)
HSL	hsl(159, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 24.2%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -51.13, 14.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 53.15, 164.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.141 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.146 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1545, 52.3997, 43.0101)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7A3 #D74276

analogous

#42D758 #42D7A3 #42C1D7

triadic

#42D7A3 #A342D7 #D7A342

tetradic

#42D7A3 #5842D7 #D74276 #C1D742

square

#42D7A3 #5842D7 #D74276 #C1D742

split-complementary

#42D7A3 #D742C1 #D75842

monochromatic

#1C835F #26B583 #42D7A3 #75E2BC #A7ECD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42D7A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#42D7A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7A3

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7A3	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C8A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBAA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.146 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4be',
    500: '#42d7a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7a3;
$custom-light: #89e4be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.06,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78823,
    "c": 0.14581,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7A3

secondary

#8A3452

accent

#407AE8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7A3

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

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