#42DAA6#42DAA6

#42DAA6 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.147 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAA6
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 166)
HSL	hsl(159, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 23.9%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -51.67, 14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 53.60, 164.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.1426 0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.147 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1974, 54.0503, 44.6995)
Luminance	0.5405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAA6 #DA4276

analogous

#42DA5A #42DAA6 #42C2DA

triadic

#42DAA6 #A642DA #DAA642

tetradic

#42DAA6 #5A42DA #DA4276 #C2DA42

square

#42DAA6 #5A42DA #DA4276 #C2DA42

split-complementary

#42DAA6 #DA42C2 #DA5A42

monochromatic

#1A8762 #24BA87 #42DAA6 #75E4BE #A8EED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#42DAA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#42DAA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAA6

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAA6	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CBA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BCA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42daa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.147 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6c0',
    500: '#42daa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42daa6;
$custom-light: #89e6c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42daa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.474,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79641,
    "c": 0.14721,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAA6

secondary

#8D3352

accent

#3E79EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAA6

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

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