#42CA99#42CA99

#42CA99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.137 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CA99
RGB	rgb(66, 202, 153)
HSL	hsl(158, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(158, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.3%, 0%, 24.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -48.07, 13.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 50.06, 163.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.1326 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.137 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1140, 45.6960, 37.4167)
Luminance	0.4570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CA99 #CA4273

analogous

#42CA55 #42CA99 #42B7CA

triadic

#42CA99 #9942CA #CA9942

tetradic

#42CA99 #5542CA #CA4273 #B7CA42

square

#42CA99 #5542CA #CA4273 #B7CA42

split-complementary

#42CA99 #CA42B7 #CA5542

monochromatic

#207254 #2DA278 #42CA99 #72D7B3 #A2E5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#42CA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#42CA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CA99

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CA99	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AF9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CABC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ca99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 202, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.137 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dbb7',
    500: '#42ca99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ca99;
$custom-light: #86dbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ca99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.382,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75333,
    "c": 0.13732,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CA99

secondary

#D196AC

accent

#487FDF

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CA99

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

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