#42DB8F#42DB8F

#42DB8F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.168 H 156.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DB8F
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 143)
HSL	hsl(150, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(150, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 34.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -56.91, 26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 62.61, 155.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.1542 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.168 156.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5331, 53.8008, 34.6513)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DB8F #DB428E

analogous

#42DB42 #42DB8F #42DADB

triadic

#42DB8F #8F42DB #DB8F42

tetradic

#42DB8F #4242DB #DB428E #DADB42

square

#42DB8F #4242DB #DB428E #DADB42

split-complementary

#42DB8F #DB42DA #DB4242

monochromatic

#1A8952 #24BC70 #42DB8F #75E5AD #A9EFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42DB8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#42DB8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DB8F

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DB8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DB8F	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACA8A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BC94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42db8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.168 156.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e7b0',
    500: '#42db8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42db8f;
$custom-light: #89e7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42db8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.196,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79373,
    "c": 0.16758,
    "h": 156.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DB8F

secondary

#8F3360

accent

#3D93EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DB8F

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

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