#42D8A6#42D8A6

#42D8A6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.145 H 166.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D8A6
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 166)
HSL	hsl(160, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(160, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 23.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -50.86, 13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 52.60, 165.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% -0.1406 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.145 166.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6819, 53.0193, 44.5276)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D8A6 #D84274

analogous

#42D85B #42D8A6 #42BFD8

triadic

#42D8A6 #A642D8 #D8A642

tetradic

#42D8A6 #5B42D8 #D84274 #BFD842

square

#42D8A6 #5B42D8 #D84274 #BFD842

split-complementary

#42D8A6 #D842BF #D85B42

monochromatic

#1B8461 #26B787 #42D8A6 #75E2BE #A7EDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#42D8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D8A6

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D8A6	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)

#D3C9A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0BBA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.145 166.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5c0',
    500: '#42d8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d8a6;
$custom-light: #89e5c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79145,
    "c": 0.14476,
    "h": 166.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D8A6

secondary

#8B3351

accent

#3F78E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D8A6

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

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