#42D8AF#42D8AF

#42D8AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.138 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D8AF
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 175)
HSL	hsl(164, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(164, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 19%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.09, -48.76, 8.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.09, 49.57, 169.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.1365 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.138 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5365, 53.3612, 49.0287)
Luminance	0.5336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D8AF #D8426B

analogous

#42D864 #42D8AF #42B6D8

triadic

#42D8AF #AF42D8 #D8AF42

tetradic

#42D8AF #6442D8 #D8426B #B6D842

square

#42D8AF #6442D8 #D8426B #B6D842

split-complementary

#42D8AF #D842B6 #D86442

monochromatic

#1B8468 #26B78F #42D8AF #75E2C4 #A7EDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#42D8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D8AF

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D8AF	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2CAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBBB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.138 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5c6',
    500: '#42d8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d8af;
$custom-light: #89e5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79377,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D8AF

secondary

#8B334B

accent

#3F6DE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D8AF

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

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