#42D9A4#42D9A4

#42D9A4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.148 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D9A4
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 164)
HSL	hsl(159, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 24.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -51.71, 14.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 53.80, 163.98°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.1425 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.148 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.7568, 53.4604, 43.6546)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D9A4 #D94277

analogous

#42D958 #42D9A4 #42C3D9

triadic

#42D9A4 #A442D9 #D9A442

tetradic

#42D9A4 #5842D9 #D94277 #C3D942

square

#42D9A4 #5842D9 #D94277 #C3D942

split-complementary

#42D9A4 #D942C3 #D95842

monochromatic

#1B8660 #25B985 #42D9A4 #75E3BD #A8EDD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D9A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#42D9A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D9A4

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D9A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D9A4	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)

#D5CAA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d9a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.148 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6bf',
    500: '#42d9a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d9a4;
$custom-light: #89e6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d9a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.94,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79344,
    "c": 0.14751,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D9A4

secondary

#8C3352

accent

#3E7AE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D9A4

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

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