#42CB99#42CB99

#42CB99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.139 H 164.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CB99
RGB	rgb(66, 203, 153)
HSL	hsl(158, 57%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(158, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.5%, 0%, 24.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -48.48, 14.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 50.58, 163.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.1336 0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.139 164.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3494, 46.1668, 37.4951)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CB99 #CB4274

analogous

#42CB54 #42CB99 #42B8CB

triadic

#42CB99 #9942CB #CB9942

tetradic

#42CB99 #5442CB #CB4274 #B8CB42

square

#42CB99 #5442CB #CB4274 #B8CB42

split-complementary

#42CB99 #CB42B8 #CB5442

monochromatic

#207355 #2DA378 #42CB99 #72D8B3 #A2E5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#42CB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#42CB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CB99

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CB99	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)

#C7BD96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5B09C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cb99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 203, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.139 164.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcb7',
    500: '#42cb99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cb99;
$custom-light: #87dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cb99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.102,
    "s": 56.846,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75584,
    "c": 0.13859,
    "h": 164.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CB99

secondary

#D297AC

accent

#487FE0

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CB99

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

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