#42D7AD#42D7AD

#42D7AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.139 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7AD
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 173)
HSL	hsl(163, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 19.5%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -48.82, 9.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 49.73, 168.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.1364 0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.139 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0861, 52.7724, 47.9167)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7AD #D7426C

analogous

#42D762 #42D7AD #42B7D7

triadic

#42D7AD #AD42D7 #D7AD42

tetradic

#42D7AD #6242D7 #D7426C #B7D742

square

#42D7AD #6242D7 #D7426C #B7D742

split-complementary

#42D7AD #D742B7 #D76242

monochromatic

#1C8366 #26B58D #42D7AD #75E2C3 #A7ECD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D7AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#42D7AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7AD

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7AD	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.139 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4c5',
    500: '#42d7ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7ad;
$custom-light: #89e4c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.087,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79077,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7AD

secondary

#8A344C

accent

#406FE8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7AD

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

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