#42DA9B#42DA9B

#42DA9B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.156 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DA9B
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 155)
HSL	hsl(155, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 28.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -54.08, 19.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 57.57, 159.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.1477 0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.156 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.2311, 53.6638, 39.6108)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DA9B #DA4281

analogous

#42DA4F #42DA9B #42CDDA

triadic

#42DA9B #9B42DA #DA9B42

tetradic

#42DA9B #4F42DA #DA4281 #CDDA42

square

#42DA9B #4F42DA #DA4281 #CDDA42

split-complementary

#42DA9B #DA42CD #DA4F42

monochromatic

#1A875A #24BA7C #42DA9B #75E4B6 #A8EED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42DA9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#42DA9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DA9B

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DA9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DA9B	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)

#D7CA97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BC9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42da9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.156 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6b8',
    500: '#42da9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42da9b;
$custom-light: #89e6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42da9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.132,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79381,
    "c": 0.15599,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DA9B

secondary

#8D3358

accent

#3E85EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DA9B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →