#42D9A5#42D9A5

#42D9A5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.147 H 165.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D9A5
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 165)
HSL	hsl(159, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 24%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.17, -51.49, 14.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.17, 53.45, 164.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.1421 0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.147 165.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8474, 53.4967, 44.1321)
Luminance	0.5350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D9A5 #D94276

analogous

#42D959 #42D9A5 #42C1D9

triadic

#42D9A5 #A542D9 #D9A542

tetradic

#42D9A5 #5942D9 #D94276 #C1D942

square

#42D9A5 #5942D9 #D94276 #C1D942

split-complementary

#42D9A5 #D942C1 #D95942

monochromatic

#1B8661 #25B986 #42D9A5 #75E3BD #A8EDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42D9A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#42D9A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D9A5

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D9A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D9A5	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CAA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BBA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d9a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.147 165.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6bf',
    500: '#42d9a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d9a5;
$custom-light: #89e6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d9a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.338,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79368,
    "c": 0.14675,
    "h": 165.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D9A5

secondary

#8C3352

accent

#3E79E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D9A5

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

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