#42D7AF#42D7AF

#42D7AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.137 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D7AF
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 175)
HSL	hsl(164, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 18.6%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -48.34, 8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 49.08, 170.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.1355 0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.137 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2811, 52.8504, 48.9436)
Luminance	0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D7AF #D7426A

analogous

#42D765 #42D7AF #42B4D7

triadic

#42D7AF #AF42D7 #D7AF42

tetradic

#42D7AF #6542D7 #D7426A #B4D742

square

#42D7AF #6542D7 #D7426A #B4D742

split-complementary

#42D7AF #D742B4 #D76542

monochromatic

#1C8367 #26B58F #42D7AF #75E2C4 #A7ECDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D7AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#42D7AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D7AF

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D7AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D7AF	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDBAB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d7af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.137 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4c6',
    500: '#42d7af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d7af;
$custom-light: #89e4c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d7af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.893,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7913,
    "c": 0.13721,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D7AF

secondary

#8A344B

accent

#406DE8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D7AF

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

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