#42D9A2#42D9A2

#42D9A2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.149 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D9A2
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 162)
HSL	hsl(158, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 25.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -52.16, 15.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 54.51, 163.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.1435 0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.149 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5776, 53.3888, 42.7109)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D9A2 #D94279

analogous

#42D956 #42D9A2 #42C4D9

triadic

#42D9A2 #A242D9 #D9A242

tetradic

#42D9A2 #5642D9 #D94279 #C4D942

square

#42D9A2 #5642D9 #D94279 #C4D942

split-complementary

#42D9A2 #D942C4 #D95642

monochromatic

#1B865F #25B983 #42D9A2 #75E3BB #A8EDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D9A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#42D9A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D9A2

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D9A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D9A2	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d9a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.149 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6bd',
    500: '#42d9a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d9a2;
$custom-light: #89e6bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d9a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.146,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79295,
    "c": 0.14907,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D9A2

secondary

#8C3354

accent

#3E7DE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D9A2

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

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