#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
RGBrgb(66, 215, 169)
HSLhsl(161, 65%, 55%)
HSVhsv(161, 69%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(69.3%, 0%, 21.4%, 15.7%)
CIE-LABlab(77.65, -49.76, 11.49)
CIE-LCHlch(77.65, 51.07, 166.99°)
OKLaboklab(78.97% -0.1383 0.0294)
OKLCHoklch(78.97% 0.141 168)
XYZxyz(33.7048, 52.6199, 45.9087)
Luminance0.5262 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42D7A91.001.8211.5211.52
#FFFFFF1.821.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5221.001.001.00
##00000011.5221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#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

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#42D7A9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva