#42CA96#42CA96

#42CA96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.140 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA96
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 150)
HSL	hsl(157, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 25.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -48.74, 15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 51.14, 162.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.134 0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.14 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8693, 45.5981, 36.1281)
Luminance	0.4560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA96 #CA4276

analogous

#42CA52 #42CA96 #42BACA

triadic

#42CA96 #9642CA #CA9642

tetradic

#42CA96 #5242CA #CA4276 #BACA42

square

#42CA96 #5242CA #CA4276 #BACA42

split-complementary

#42CA96 #CA42BA #CA5242

monochromatic

#207252 #2DA275 #42CA96 #72D7B1 #A2E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#42CA96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#42CA96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA96

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA96	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.140 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbb5',
    500: '#42ca96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca96;
$custom-light: #86dbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.059,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7526,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA96

secondary

#D196AD

accent

#4882DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA96

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

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