#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
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 164)
HSL	hsl(159, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 23.7%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.54, -50.91, 13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.54, 52.79, 164.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.1406 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.145 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2444, 52.4357, 43.4838)
Luminance	0.5244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42D7A4	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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