#42D8AA#42D8AA

#42D8AA is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.142 H 168.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D8AA
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 170)
HSL	hsl(162, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(162, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 21.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.97, -49.94, 11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.97, 51.23, 167.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.1388 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.142 168.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.0545, 53.1684, 46.4902)
Luminance	0.5317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D8AA #D84270

analogous

#42D85F #42D8AA #42BBD8

triadic

#42D8AA #AA42D8 #D8AA42

tetradic

#42D8AA #5F42D8 #D84270 #BBD842

square

#42D8AA #5F42D8 #D84270 #BBD842

split-complementary

#42D8AA #D842BB #D85F42

monochromatic

#1B8464 #26B78A #42D8AA #75E2C1 #A7EDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#42D8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D8AA

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D8AA	1.00	1.80	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.80	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)

#D3C9A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBBAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.142 168.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5c3',
    500: '#42d8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d8aa;
$custom-light: #89e5c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79246,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 168.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D8AA

secondary

#8B334E

accent

#3F73E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D8AA

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

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