#42D7A4#42D7A4

#42D7A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.145 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D7A4
RGBrgb(66, 215, 164)
HSLhsl(159, 65%, 55%)
HSVhsv(159, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 0%, 23.7%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.54, -50.91, 13.99)
CIE-LCHlch(77.54, 52.79, 164.63°)
OKLaboklab(78.85% -0.1406 0.0358)
OKLCHoklch(78.85% 0.145 165.7)
XYZxyz(33.2444, 52.4357, 43.4838)
Luminance0.5244 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D7A4 #D74275
analogous
#42D759 #42D7A4 #42C0D7
triadic
#42D7A4 #A442D7 #D7A442
tetradic
#42D7A4 #5942D7 #D74275 #C0D742
square
#42D7A4 #5942D7 #D74275 #C0D742
split-complementary
#42D7A4 #D742C0 #D75942
monochromatic
#1C8360 #26B584 #42D7A4 #75E2BC #A7ECD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#42D7A4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49
#42D7A4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7A4
11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D7A4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D7A41.001.8311.4911.49
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4921.001.001.00
##00000011.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2C8A1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFBAA7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D7C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d7a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.145 165.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4bf',
    500: '#42d7a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d7a4;
$custom-light: #89e4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d7a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.463,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78847,
    "c": 0.14505,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D7A4
secondary
#8A3451
accent
#4079E8
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1612
muted
#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7A4

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#42D7A4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva