#42DA8F#42DA8F

#42DA8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.166 H 157.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DA8F
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 143)
HSL	hsl(150, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(150, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 34.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -56.52, 25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 62.09, 155.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.1532 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.166 157.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2730, 53.2806, 34.5646)
Luminance	0.5328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DA8F #DA428D

analogous

#42DA43 #42DA8F #42D9DA

triadic

#42DA8F #8F42DA #DA8F42

tetradic

#42DA8F #4342DA #DA428D #D9DA42

square

#42DA8F #4342DA #DA428D #D9DA42

split-complementary

#42DA8F #DA42D9 #DA4342

monochromatic

#1A8752 #24BA70 #42DA8F #75E4AD #A8EECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42DA8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#42DA8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DA8F

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DA8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DA8F	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C98A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BB94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42da8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.166 157.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6b0',
    500: '#42da8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42da8f;
$custom-light: #89e6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42da8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.395,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79122,
    "c": 0.1663,
    "h": 157.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DA8F

secondary

#8D3360

accent

#3E93EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DA8F

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

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