#42D7AC#42D7AC

#42D7AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.139 H 169.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7AC
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 172)
HSL	hsl(163, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 20%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -49.05, 9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 50.06, 168.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.1369 0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.139 169.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9897, 52.7338, 47.4090)
Luminance	0.5274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7AC #D7426D

analogous

#42D762 #42D7AC #42B7D7

triadic

#42D7AC #AC42D7 #D7AC42

tetradic

#42D7AC #6242D7 #D7426D #B7D742

square

#42D7AC #6242D7 #D7426D #B7D742

split-complementary

#42D7AC #D742B7 #D76242

monochromatic

#1C8365 #26B58C #42D7AC #75E2C2 #A7ECD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D7AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#42D7AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7AC

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7AC	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.139 169.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4c4',
    500: '#42d7ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7ac;
$custom-light: #89e4c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.685,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79051,
    "c": 0.13923,
    "h": 169.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7AC

secondary

#8A344C

accent

#4070E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7AC

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

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