#42CA97#42CA97

#42CA97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.139 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA97
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 151)
HSL	hsl(158, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(158, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 25.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -48.52, 14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 50.78, 162.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% -0.1335 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.139 164)
XYZ	xyz(28.9502, 45.6305, 36.5540)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA97 #CA4275

analogous

#42CA53 #42CA97 #42B9CA

triadic

#42CA97 #9742CA #CA9742

tetradic

#42CA97 #5342CA #CA4275 #B9CA42

square

#42CA97 #5342CA #CA4275 #B9CA42

split-complementary

#42CA97 #CA42B9 #CA5342

monochromatic

#207253 #2DA276 #42CA97 #72D7B1 #A2E5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#42CA97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#42CA97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA97

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA97	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.139 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbb5',
    500: '#42ca97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca97;
$custom-light: #86dbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75284,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.45634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA97

secondary

#D196AD

accent

#4881DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA97

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

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