#42D7A8#42D7A8

#42D7A8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.142 H 167.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7A8
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 168)
HSL	hsl(161, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(161, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 21.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -49.99, 11.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 51.41, 166.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.1387 0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.142 167.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.6113, 52.5825, 45.4162)
Luminance	0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7A8 #D74271

analogous

#42D75D #42D7A8 #42BBD7

triadic

#42D7A8 #A842D7 #D7A842

tetradic

#42D7A8 #5D42D7 #D74271 #BBD742

square

#42D7A8 #5D42D7 #D74271 #BBD742

split-complementary

#42D7A8 #D742BB #D75D42

monochromatic

#1C8362 #26B588 #42D7A8 #75E2BF #A7ECD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D7A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#42D7A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7A8

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7A8	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C8A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.142 167.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4c1',
    500: '#42d7a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7a8;
$custom-light: #89e4c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.074,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78948,
    "c": 0.14207,
    "h": 167.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7A8

secondary

#8A344F

accent

#4075E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7A8

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

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