#42D9AF#42D9AF

#42D9AF is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.140 H 170.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D9AF
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 175)
HSL	hsl(163, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(163, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 19.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -49.17, 9.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 50.05, 169.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.1375 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.14 170.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7935, 53.8751, 49.1144)
Luminance	0.5388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D9AF #D9426C

analogous

#42D963 #42D9AF #42B8D9

triadic

#42D9AF #AF42D9 #D9AF42

tetradic

#42D9AF #6342D9 #D9426C #B8D942

square

#42D9AF #6342D9 #D9426C #B8D942

split-complementary

#42D9AF #D942B8 #D96342

monochromatic

#1B8668 #25B990 #42D9AF #75E3C5 #A8EDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#42D9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.78

#42D9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D9AF

11.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D9AF	1.00	1.78	11.78	11.78
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3CBAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.140 170.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae5c6',
    500: '#42d9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d9af;
$custom-light: #8ae5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.311,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79623,
    "c": 0.13954,
    "h": 170.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D9AF

secondary

#8C334C

accent

#3E6EE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D9AF

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

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