#42D9A3#42D9A3

#42D9A3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.148 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D9A3
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 163)
HSL	hsl(159, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 24.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.13, -51.94, 15.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.13, 54.16, 163.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.143 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.148 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6668, 53.4245, 43.1809)
Luminance	0.5343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D9A3 #D94278

analogous

#42D957 #42D9A3 #42C3D9

triadic

#42D9A3 #A342D9 #D9A342

tetradic

#42D9A3 #5742D9 #D94278 #C3D942

square

#42D9A3 #5742D9 #D94278 #C3D942

split-complementary

#42D9A3 #D942C3 #D95742

monochromatic

#1B8660 #25B984 #42D9A3 #75E3BC #A8EDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D9A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#42D9A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D9A3

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D9A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D9A3	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CAA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d9a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.148 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6be',
    500: '#42d9a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d9a3;
$custom-light: #89e6be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d9a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.543,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7932,
    "c": 0.14828,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D9A3

secondary

#8C3353

accent

#3E7CE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D9A3

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

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