#42DAA1#42DAA1

#42DAA1 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.151 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAA1
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 161)
HSL	hsl(158, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 26.1%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.39, -52.78, 16.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.39, 55.38, 162.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.1449 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.151 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.7476, 53.8704, 42.3308)
Luminance	0.5387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAA1 #DA427B

analogous

#42DA55 #42DAA1 #42C7DA

triadic

#42DAA1 #A142DA #DAA142

tetradic

#42DAA1 #5542DA #DA427B #C7DA42

square

#42DAA1 #5542DA #DA427B #C7DA42

split-complementary

#42DAA1 #DA42C7 #DA5542

monochromatic

#1A875E #24BA82 #42DAA1 #75E4BA #A8EED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#42DAA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#42DAA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAA1

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAA1	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)

#D6CA9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42daa1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.151 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6bd',
    500: '#42daa1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42daa1;
$custom-light: #89e6bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42daa1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7952,
    "c": 0.15111,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAA1

secondary

#8D3355

accent

#3E7EEA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAA1

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

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