#42DA9C#42DA9C

#42DA9C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.155 H 161.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DA9C
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 156)
HSL	hsl(156, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 28.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -53.86, 19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 57.20, 160.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% -0.1472 0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.155 161.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3155, 53.6976, 40.0549)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DA9C #DA4280

analogous

#42DA50 #42DA9C #42CCDA

triadic

#42DA9C #9C42DA #DA9C42

tetradic

#42DA9C #5042DA #DA4280 #CCDA42

square

#42DA9C #5042DA #DA4280 #CCDA42

split-complementary

#42DA9C #DA42CC #DA5042

monochromatic

#1A875B #24BA7D #42DA9C #75E4B7 #A8EED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42DA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#42DA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DA9C

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DA9C	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42da9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.155 161.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6b9',
    500: '#42da9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42da9c;
$custom-light: #89e6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42da9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.526,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79404,
    "c": 0.15516,
    "h": 161.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DA9C

secondary

#8D3358

accent

#3E84EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DA9C

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

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