#42DA9A#42DA9A

#42DA9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.157 H 160.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DA9A
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 154)
HSL	hsl(155, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 29.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.25, -54.29, 20.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.25, 57.94, 159.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.1481 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.157 160.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1475, 53.6304, 39.1703)
Luminance	0.5363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DA9A #DA4282

analogous

#42DA4E #42DA9A #42CEDA

triadic

#42DA9A #9A42DA #DA9A42

tetradic

#42DA9A #4E42DA #DA4282 #CEDA42

square

#42DA9A #4E42DA #DA4282 #CEDA42

split-complementary

#42DA9A #DA42CE #DA4E42

monochromatic

#1A8759 #24BA7B #42DA9A #75E4B5 #A8EED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42DA9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#42DA9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DA9A

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DA9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DA9A	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CA96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42da9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.157 160.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6b8',
    500: '#42da9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42da9a;
$custom-light: #89e6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42da9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.737,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79358,
    "c": 0.15683,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DA9A

secondary

#8D3359

accent

#3E86EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DA9A

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

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