#42D7A9#42D7A9

#42D7A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.141 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7A9
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 169)
HSL	hsl(161, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(161, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 21.4%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.65, -49.76, 11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.65, 51.07, 166.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.1383 0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.141 168)
XYZ	xyz(33.7048, 52.6199, 45.9087)
Luminance	0.5262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7A9 #D74270

analogous

#42D75F #42D7A9 #42BAD7

triadic

#42D7A9 #A942D7 #D7A942

tetradic

#42D7A9 #5F42D7 #D74270 #BAD742

square

#42D7A9 #5F42D7 #D74270 #BAD742

split-complementary

#42D7A9 #D742BA #D75F42

monochromatic

#1C8363 #26B589 #42D7A9 #75E2C0 #A7ECD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D7A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#42D7A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7A9

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7A9	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)

#D2C8A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.141 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4c2',
    500: '#42d7a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7a9;
$custom-light: #89e4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.477,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78973,
    "c": 0.14135,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.52624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7A9

secondary

#8A344E

accent

#4074E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7A9

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

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