#42D9AC#42D9AC

#42D9AC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.142 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D9AC
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 172)
HSL	hsl(162, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(162, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 20.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -49.88, 10.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 51.05, 167.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.1389 0.0277)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.142 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5021, 53.7586, 47.5798)
Luminance	0.5376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D9AC #D9426F

analogous

#42D960 #42D9AC #42BBD9

triadic

#42D9AC #AC42D9 #D9AC42

tetradic

#42D9AC #6042D9 #D9426F #BBD942

square

#42D9AC #6042D9 #D9426F #BBD942

split-complementary

#42D9AC #D942BB #D96042

monochromatic

#1B8666 #25B98D #42D9AC #75E3C2 #A8EDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42D9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#42D9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D9AC

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D9AC	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CAAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.142 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5c4',
    500: '#42d9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d9ac;
$custom-light: #89e5c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.119,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79545,
    "c": 0.1416,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D9AC

secondary

#8C334E

accent

#3E71E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D9AC

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

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