#42DAA4#42DAA4

#42DAA4 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.149 H 164.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAA4
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 164)
HSL	hsl(159, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 24.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -52.12, 15.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 54.31, 163.67°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.1435 0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.149 164.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0153, 53.9775, 43.7408)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAA4 #DA4278

analogous

#42DA58 #42DAA4 #42C4DA

triadic

#42DAA4 #A442DA #DAA442

tetradic

#42DAA4 #5842DA #DA4278 #C4DA42

square

#42DAA4 #5842DA #DA4278 #C4DA42

split-complementary

#42DAA4 #DA42C4 #DA5842

monochromatic

#1A8761 #24BA85 #42DAA4 #75E4BD #A8EED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#42DAA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#42DAA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAA4

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAA4	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6CBA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42daa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.149 164.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6bf',
    500: '#42daa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42daa4;
$custom-light: #89e6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42daa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.684,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79592,
    "c": 0.14874,
    "h": 164.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAA4

secondary

#8D3353

accent

#3E7BEA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAA4

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

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