#42D8A9#42D8A9

#42D8A9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.143 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D8A9
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 169)
HSL	hsl(161, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(161, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 21.8%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -50.17, 11.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 51.57, 166.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.1393 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.143 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.9603, 53.1307, 45.9939)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D8A9 #D84271

analogous

#42D85E #42D8A9 #42BCD8

triadic

#42D8A9 #A942D8 #D8A942

tetradic

#42D8A9 #5E42D8 #D84271 #BCD842

square

#42D8A9 #5E42D8 #D84271 #BCD842

split-complementary

#42D8A9 #D842BC #D85E42

monochromatic

#1B8463 #26B78A #42D8A9 #75E2C0 #A7EDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#42D8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D8A9

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D8A9	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C9A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.143 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5c2',
    500: '#42d8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d8a9;
$custom-light: #89e5c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79221,
    "c": 0.14255,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D8A9

secondary

#8B334F

accent

#3F74E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D8A9

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

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