#42DB9A#42DB9A

#42DB9A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.158 H 160.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DB9A
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 154)
HSL	hsl(155, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 29.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -54.68, 20.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 58.45, 159.29°)
OKLab	oklab(79.61% -0.1491 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(79.61% 0.158 160.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.4076, 54.1506, 39.2570)
Luminance	0.5415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DB9A #DB4283

analogous

#42DB4D #42DB9A #42CFDB

triadic

#42DB9A #9A42DB #DB9A42

tetradic

#42DB9A #4D42DB #DB4283 #CFDB42

square

#42DB9A #4D42DB #DB4283 #CFDB42

split-complementary

#42DB9A #DB42CF #DB4D42

monochromatic

#1A895A #24BC7B #42DB9A #75E5B5 #A9EFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#42DB9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#42DB9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DB9A

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DB9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DB9A	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BD9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42db9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.158 160.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e7b8',
    500: '#42db9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42db9a;
$custom-light: #89e7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42db9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.51,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79608,
    "c": 0.1581,
    "h": 160.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DB9A

secondary

#8F335A

accent

#3D87EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DB9A

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

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