#42DB9D#42DB9D

#42DB9D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.156 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DB9D
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 157)
HSL	hsl(156, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(156, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 28.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, -54.04, 19.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 57.35, 160.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% -0.1478 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.156 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.6606, 54.2518, 40.5894)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DB9D #DB4280

analogous

#42DB50 #42DB9D #42CDDB

triadic

#42DB9D #9D42DB #DB9D42

tetradic

#42DB9D #5042DB #DB4280 #CDDB42

square

#42DB9D #5042DB #DB4280 #CDDB42

split-complementary

#42DB9D #DB42CD #DB5042

monochromatic

#1A895C #24BC7E #42DB9D #75E5B8 #A9EFD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#42DB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#42DB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DB9D

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DB9D	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BDA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42db9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.156 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e7ba',
    500: '#42db9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42db9d;
$custom-light: #89e7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42db9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.686,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79676,
    "c": 0.15561,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DB9D

secondary

#8F3358

accent

#3D83EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DB9D

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

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