#42C98D#42C98D

#42C98D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.146 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C98D
RGB	rgb(66, 201, 141)
HSL	hsl(153, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(153, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 0%, 29.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -50.28, 19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 53.97, 158.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.8% -0.1372 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(74.8% 0.146 160.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9384, 44.8516, 32.3790)
Luminance	0.4486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C98D #C9427E

analogous

#42C949 #42C98D #42C2C9

triadic

#42C98D #8D42C9 #C98D42

tetradic

#42C98D #4942C9 #C9427E #C2C942

square

#42C98D #4942C9 #C9427E #C2C942

split-complementary

#42C98D #C942C2 #C94942

monochromatic

#20704D #2EA06D #42C98D #72D7AA #A1E4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#42C98D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#42C98D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C98D

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C98D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C98D	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BA89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AE91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c98d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 201, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.146 160.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86daae',
    500: '#42c98d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c98d;
$custom-light: #86daae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c98d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.333,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74798,
    "c": 0.14593,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C98D

secondary

#D196B0

accent

#498CDF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C98D

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

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