#42CB98#42CB98

#42CB98 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.139 H 164.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CB98
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 152)
HSL	hsl(158, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(158, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 25.1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -48.71, 14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 50.94, 163.00°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.1341 0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.139 164.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2671, 46.1339, 37.0620)
Luminance	0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CB98 #CB4275

analogous

#42CB53 #42CB98 #42B9CB

triadic

#42CB98 #9842CB #CB9842

tetradic

#42CB98 #5342CB #CB4275 #B9CB42

square

#42CB98 #5342CB #CB4275 #B9CB42

split-complementary

#42CB98 #CB42B9 #CB5342

monochromatic

#207354 #2DA377 #42CB98 #72D8B2 #A2E5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42CB98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#42CB98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CB98

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CB98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CB98	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7BD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cb98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.139 164.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcb6',
    500: '#42cb98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cb98;
$custom-light: #87dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cb98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.664,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75559,
    "c": 0.13938,
    "h": 164.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CB98

secondary

#D297AD

accent

#4880E0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CB98

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

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