#42CA91#42CA91

#42CA91 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.144 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA91
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 145)
HSL	hsl(155, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(155, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 28.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.18, -49.84, 18.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.18, 52.99, 160.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.1363 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.144 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4753, 45.4405, 34.0528)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA91 #CA427B

analogous

#42CA4D #42CA91 #42BFCA

triadic

#42CA91 #9142CA #CA9142

tetradic

#42CA91 #4D42CA #CA427B #BFCA42

square

#42CA91 #4D42CA #CA427B #BFCA42

split-complementary

#42CA91 #CA42BF #CA4D42

monochromatic

#20724F #2DA271 #42CA91 #72D7AD #A2E5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42CA91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#42CA91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA91

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA91	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BB8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AE95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.144 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbb1',
    500: '#42ca91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca91;
$custom-light: #86dbb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.853,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75141,
    "c": 0.14383,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA91

secondary

#D196AF

accent

#4888DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF5

border

#CBD4CF

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA91

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

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