#42DA9D#42DA9D

#42DA9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.154 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DA9D
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 157)
HSL	hsl(156, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 28%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -53.65, 18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 56.83, 160.73°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% -0.1468 0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.154 162)
XYZ	xyz(33.4005, 53.7316, 40.5027)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DA9D #DA427F

analogous

#42DA51 #42DA9D #42CBDA

triadic

#42DA9D #9D42DA #DA9D42

tetradic

#42DA9D #5142DA #DA427F #CBDA42

square

#42DA9D #5142DA #DA427F #CBDA42

split-complementary

#42DA9D #DA42CB #DA5142

monochromatic

#1A875C #24BA7E #42DA9D #75E4B8 #A8EED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42DA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#42DA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DA9D

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DA9D	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CA99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42da9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.154 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6ba',
    500: '#42da9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42da9d;
$custom-light: #89e6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42da9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.921,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79427,
    "c": 0.15434,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.53735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DA9D

secondary

#8D3357

accent

#3E83EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DA9D

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

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