#42DAA5#42DAA5

#42DAA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.148 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAA5
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 165)
HSL	hsl(159, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 24.3%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.47, -51.89, 14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.47, 53.95, 164.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.62% -0.1431 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(79.62% 0.148 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1060, 54.0138, 44.2182)
Luminance	0.5402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAA5 #DA4277

analogous

#42DA59 #42DAA5 #42C3DA

triadic

#42DAA5 #A542DA #DAA542

tetradic

#42DAA5 #5942DA #DA4277 #C3DA42

square

#42DAA5 #5942DA #DA4277 #C3DA42

split-complementary

#42DAA5 #DA42C3 #DA5942

monochromatic

#1A8761 #24BA86 #42DAA5 #75E4BD #A8EED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#42DAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#42DAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAA5

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAA5	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)

#D6CBA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42daa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.148 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6bf',
    500: '#42daa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42daa5;
$custom-light: #89e6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42daa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.079,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79616,
    "c": 0.14797,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAA5

secondary

#8D3352

accent

#3E7AEA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAA5

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

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