#42DA9E#42DA9E

#42DA9E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.154 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DA9E
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 158)
HSL	hsl(156, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 27.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -53.43, 18.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 56.47, 161.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.45% -0.1463 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(79.45% 0.154 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4862, 53.7659, 40.9542)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DA9E #DA427E

analogous

#42DA52 #42DA9E #42CADA

triadic

#42DA9E #9E42DA #DA9E42

tetradic

#42DA9E #5242DA #DA427E #CADA42

square

#42DA9E #5242DA #DA427E #CADA42

split-complementary

#42DA9E #DA42CA #DA5242

monochromatic

#1A875C #24BA7F #42DA9E #75E4B8 #A8EED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42DA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#42DA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DA9E

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DA9E	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)

#D7CA9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42da9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.154 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6ba',
    500: '#42da9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42da9e;
$custom-light: #89e6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42da9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.316,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7945,
    "c": 0.15352,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DA9E

secondary

#8D3357

accent

#3E82EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DA9E

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

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