#42D8A3#42D8A3

#42D8A3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.147 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D8A3
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 163)
HSL	hsl(159, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 24.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -51.53, 14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 53.65, 163.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.142 0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.147 165)
XYZ	xyz(33.4099, 52.9105, 43.0952)
Luminance	0.5291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D8A3 #D84277

analogous

#42D858 #42D8A3 #42C2D8

triadic

#42D8A3 #A342D8 #D8A342

tetradic

#42D8A3 #5842D8 #D84277 #C2D842

square

#42D8A3 #5842D8 #D84277 #C2D842

split-complementary

#42D8A3 #D842C2 #D85842

monochromatic

#1B845F #26B784 #42D8A3 #75E2BC #A7EDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#42D8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D8A3

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D8A3	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C9A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.147 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5be',
    500: '#42d8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d8a3;
$custom-light: #89e5be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79071,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.52914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D8A3

secondary

#8B3352

accent

#3F7BE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D8A3

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

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