#42DEA5#42DEA5

#42DEA5 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.153 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DEA5
RGB	rgb(66, 222, 165)
HSL	hsl(158, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(158, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 25.7%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -53.49, 16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 55.97, 162.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.61% -0.147 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(80.61% 0.153 164)
XYZ	xyz(35.1558, 56.1134, 44.5682)
Luminance	0.5612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DEA5 #DE427B

analogous

#42DE57 #42DEA5 #42C9DE

triadic

#42DEA5 #A542DE #DEA542

tetradic

#42DEA5 #5742DE #DE427B #C9DE42

square

#42DEA5 #5742DE #DE427B #C9DE42

split-complementary

#42DEA5 #DE42C9 #DE5742

monochromatic

#198D62 #22C187 #42DEA5 #76E7BE #AAF0D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DEA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#42DEA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DEA5

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DEA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DEA5	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACEA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6C0A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.153 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae9bf',
    500: '#42dea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dea5;
$custom-light: #8ae9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.077,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80608,
    "c": 0.15291,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.56117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DEA5

secondary

#923255

accent

#3B7CED

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DEA5

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

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