#42D7AA#42D7AA

#42D7AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.141 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7AA
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 170)
HSL	hsl(162, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(162, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 20.9%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.67, -49.52, 10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.67, 50.73, 167.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.1378 0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.141 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7991, 52.6576, 46.4050)
Luminance	0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7AA #D7426F

analogous

#42D75F #42D7AA #42BAD7

triadic

#42D7AA #AA42D7 #D7AA42

tetradic

#42D7AA #5F42D7 #D7426F #BAD742

square

#42D7AA #5F42D7 #D7426F #BAD742

split-complementary

#42D7AA #D742BA #D75F42

monochromatic

#1C8364 #26B58A #42D7AA #75E2C1 #A7ECD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D7AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#42D7AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7AA

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7AA	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C8A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBAAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.141 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4c3',
    500: '#42d7aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7aa;
$custom-light: #89e4c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.879,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78999,
    "c": 0.14063,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7AA

secondary

#8A344E

accent

#4073E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7AA

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

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