#42DAA3#42DAA3

#42DAA3 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.150 H 164.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAA3
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 163)
HSL	hsl(158, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 25.2%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -52.34, 15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 54.66, 163.23°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.144 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.15 164.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9254, 53.9415, 43.2670)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAA3 #DA4279

analogous

#42DA57 #42DAA3 #42C5DA

triadic

#42DAA3 #A342DA #DAA342

tetradic

#42DAA3 #5742DA #DA4279 #C5DA42

square

#42DAA3 #5742DA #DA4279 #C5DA42

split-complementary

#42DAA3 #DA42C5 #DA5742

monochromatic

#1A8760 #24BA84 #42DAA3 #75E4BC #A8EED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#42DAA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#42DAA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAA3

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAA3	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CAA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42daa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.150 164.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6be',
    500: '#42daa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42daa3;
$custom-light: #89e6be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42daa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.289,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79568,
    "c": 0.14952,
    "h": 164.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAA3

secondary

#8D3354

accent

#3E7CEA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAA3

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

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