#42D8A4#42D8A4

#42D8A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.146 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D8A4
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 164)
HSL	hsl(159, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 24.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -51.31, 14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 53.30, 164.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.1% -0.1416 0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(79.1% 0.146 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4998, 52.9465, 43.5689)
Luminance	0.5295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D8A4 #D84276

analogous

#42D859 #42D8A4 #42C1D8

triadic

#42D8A4 #A442D8 #D8A442

tetradic

#42D8A4 #5942D8 #D84276 #C1D842

square

#42D8A4 #5942D8 #D84276 #C1D842

split-complementary

#42D8A4 #D842C1 #D85942

monochromatic

#1B8460 #26B785 #42D8A4 #75E2BC #A7EDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#42D8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D8A4

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D8A4	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C9A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.146 165.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5bf',
    500: '#42d8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d8a4;
$custom-light: #89e5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79096,
    "c": 0.14628,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D8A4

secondary

#8B3352

accent

#3F7AE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D8A4

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

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