#42D7A6#42D7A6

#42D7A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.144 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7A6
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 166)
HSL	hsl(160, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(160, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 22.8%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -50.45, 12.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 52.10, 165.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.1396 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.144 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4264, 52.5085, 44.4425)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7A6 #D74273

analogous

#42D75B #42D7A6 #42BED7

triadic

#42D7A6 #A642D7 #D7A642

tetradic

#42D7A6 #5B42D7 #D74273 #BED742

square

#42D7A6 #5B42D7 #D74273 #BED742

split-complementary

#42D7A6 #D742BE #D75B42

monochromatic

#1C8361 #26B586 #42D7A6 #75E2BE #A7ECD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42D7A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#42D7A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7A6

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7A6	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C8A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.144 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4c0',
    500: '#42d7a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7a6;
$custom-light: #89e4c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.268,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78897,
    "c": 0.14354,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7A6

secondary

#8A3450

accent

#4077E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7A6

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

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