#42DAA7#42DAA7

#42DAA7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.146 H 166.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DAA7
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 167)
HSL	hsl(160, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(160, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 23.4%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -51.44, 13.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 53.25, 165.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.1422 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.146 166.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.2894, 54.0872, 45.1845)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DAA7 #DA4275

analogous

#42DA5B #42DAA7 #42C1DA

triadic

#42DAA7 #A742DA #DAA742

tetradic

#42DAA7 #5B42DA #DA4275 #C1DA42

square

#42DAA7 #5B42DA #DA4275 #C1DA42

split-complementary

#42DAA7 #DA42C1 #DA5B42

monochromatic

#1A8763 #24BA88 #42DAA7 #75E4BF #A8EED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#42DAA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#42DAA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DAA7

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DAA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DAA7	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5CBA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BCAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42daa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.146 166.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6c1',
    500: '#42daa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42daa7;
$custom-light: #89e6c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42daa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.868,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79665,
    "c": 0.14646,
    "h": 166.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DAA7

secondary

#8D3351

accent

#3E78EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DAA7

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

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