#42CB95#42CB95

#42CB95 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.142 H 162.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CB95
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 149)
HSL	hsl(156, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(156, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 26.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.57, -49.37, 16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.57, 52.03, 161.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.1355 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.142 162.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0245, 46.0368, 35.7843)
Luminance	0.4604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CB95 #CB4278

analogous

#42CB50 #42CB95 #42BDCB

triadic

#42CB95 #9542CB #CB9542

tetradic

#42CB95 #5042CB #CB4278 #BDCB42

square

#42CB95 #5042CB #CB4278 #BDCB42

split-complementary

#42CB95 #CB42BD #CB5042

monochromatic

#207352 #2DA374 #42CB95 #72D8B0 #A2E5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#42CB95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#42CB95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CB95

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CB95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CB95	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BC92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6AF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cb95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.142 162.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86dcb4',
    500: '#42cb95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cb95;
$custom-light: #86dcb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cb95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.35,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75487,
    "c": 0.14181,
    "h": 162.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CB95

secondary

#D297AE

accent

#4884E0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CB95

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

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