#42DAA0#42DAA0

#42DAA0 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.152 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAA0
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 160)
HSL	hsl(157, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 26.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -53.00, 17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 55.74, 161.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.1454 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.152 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6598, 53.8353, 41.8682)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAA0 #DA427C

analogous

#42DA54 #42DAA0 #42C8DA

triadic

#42DAA0 #A042DA #DAA042

tetradic

#42DAA0 #5442DA #DA427C #C8DA42

square

#42DAA0 #5442DA #DA427C #C8DA42

split-complementary

#42DAA0 #DA42C8 #DA5442

monochromatic

#1A875E #24BA81 #42DAA0 #75E4BA #A8EED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#42DAA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#42DAA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAA0

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAA0	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CA9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BCA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42daa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.152 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6bc',
    500: '#42daa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42daa0;
$custom-light: #89e6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42daa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.105,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79496,
    "c": 0.15191,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAA0

secondary

#8D3355

accent

#3E7FEA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAA0

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

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