#42CA98#42CA98

#42CA98 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.138 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA98
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 152)
HSL	hsl(158, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(158, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 24.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.33, -48.30, 14.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.33, 50.42, 163.33°)
OKLab	oklab(75.31% -0.1331 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(75.31% 0.138 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0317, 45.6631, 36.9835)
Luminance	0.4567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA98 #CA4274

analogous

#42CA54 #42CA98 #42B8CA

triadic

#42CA98 #9842CA #CA9842

tetradic

#42CA98 #5442CA #CA4274 #B8CA42

square

#42CA98 #5442CA #CA4274 #B8CA42

split-complementary

#42CA98 #CA42B8 #CA5442

monochromatic

#207254 #2DA277 #42CA98 #72D7B2 #A2E5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#42CA98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#42CA98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA98

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA98	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)

#C6BC95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.138 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbb6',
    500: '#42ca98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca98;
$custom-light: #86dbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.941,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75309,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA98

secondary

#D196AC

accent

#4880DF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA98

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

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