#42D8AD#42D8AD

#42D8AD is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.140 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D8AD
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 173)
HSL	hsl(163, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 19.9%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -49.23, 9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 50.22, 168.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.1374 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.14 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3415, 53.2832, 48.0019)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D8AD #D8426D

analogous

#42D862 #42D8AD #42B8D8

triadic

#42D8AD #AD42D8 #D8AD42

tetradic

#42D8AD #6242D8 #D8426D #B8D842

square

#42D8AD #6242D8 #D8426D #B8D842

split-complementary

#42D8AD #D842B8 #D86242

monochromatic

#1B8466 #26B78D #42D8AD #75E2C3 #A7EDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#42D8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D8AD

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D8AD	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.140 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5c5',
    500: '#42d8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d8ad;
$custom-light: #89e5c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79324,
    "c": 0.13973,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D8AD

secondary

#8B334C

accent

#3F70E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D8AD

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

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