#42DEA7#42DEA7

#42DEA7 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.151 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DEA7
RGB	rgb(66, 222, 167)
HSL	hsl(159, 70%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(159, 70%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(70.3%, 0%, 24.8%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -53.05, 15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 55.26, 163.74°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.1461 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.151 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3392, 56.1868, 45.5344)
Luminance	0.5619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DEA7 #DE4279

analogous

#42DE59 #42DEA7 #42C7DE

triadic

#42DEA7 #A742DE #DEA742

tetradic

#42DEA7 #5942DE #DE4279 #C7DE42

square

#42DEA7 #5942DE #DE4279 #C7DE42

split-complementary

#42DEA7 #DE42C7 #DE5942

monochromatic

#198D64 #22C189 #42DEA7 #76E7BF #AAF0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#42DEA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#42DEA7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DEA7

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DEA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DEA7	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACEA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5C0AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DECF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 222, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.151 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ae9c1',
    500: '#42dea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dea7;
$custom-light: #8ae9c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.846,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80656,
    "c": 0.15135,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DEA7

secondary

#923254

accent

#3B7AED

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF9

border

#CED5D2

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DEA7

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

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