#42D8A5#42D8A5

#42D8A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.146 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D8A5
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 165)
HSL	hsl(160, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(160, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 23.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -51.08, 13.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 52.95, 164.76°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.1411 0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.146 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5905, 52.9828, 44.0464)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D8A5 #D84275

analogous

#42D85A #42D8A5 #42C0D8

triadic

#42D8A5 #A542D8 #D8A542

tetradic

#42D8A5 #5A42D8 #D84275 #C0D842

square

#42D8A5 #5A42D8 #D84275 #C0D842

split-complementary

#42D8A5 #D842C0 #D85A42

monochromatic

#1B8461 #26B786 #42D8A5 #75E2BD #A7EDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#42D8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D8A5

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D8A5	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C9A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.146 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5bf',
    500: '#42d8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d8a5;
$custom-light: #89e5bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7912,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D8A5

secondary

#8B3351

accent

#3F79E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D8A5

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

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