#42D8AC#42D8AC

#42D8AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.140 H 169.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D8AC
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 172)
HSL	hsl(162, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(162, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 20.4%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -49.47, 10.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 50.55, 168.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.1379 0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.14 169.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2451, 53.2446, 47.4942)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D8AC #D8426E

analogous

#42D861 #42D8AC #42B9D8

triadic

#42D8AC #AC42D8 #D8AC42

tetradic

#42D8AC #6142D8 #D8426E #B9D842

square

#42D8AC #6142D8 #D8426E #B9D842

split-complementary

#42D8AC #D842B9 #D86142

monochromatic

#1B8465 #26B78C #42D8AC #75E2C2 #A7EDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#42D8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D8AC

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D8AC	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C9AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.140 169.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5c4',
    500: '#42d8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d8ac;
$custom-light: #89e5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79298,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 169.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D8AC

secondary

#8B334D

accent

#3F71E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D8AC

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

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