#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
RGBrgb(66, 215, 168)
HSLhsl(161, 65%, 55%)
HSVhsv(161, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 0%, 21.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.63, -49.99, 11.99)
CIE-LCHlch(77.63, 51.41, 166.51°)
OKLaboklab(78.95% -0.1387 0.0307)
OKLCHoklch(78.95% 0.142 167.5)
XYZxyz(33.6113, 52.5825, 45.4162)
Luminance0.5259 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42D7A81.001.8211.5211.52
#FFFFFF1.821.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5221.001.001.00
##00000011.5221.001.001.00

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

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#42D7A8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva