#42CC91#42CC91

#42CC91 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.146 H 160.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC91
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 145)
HSL	hsl(154, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(154, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 28.9%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -50.64, 18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 54.04, 159.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.1384 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.146 160.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9476, 46.3851, 34.2102)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC91 #CC427D

analogous

#42CC4C #42CC91 #42C2CC

triadic

#42CC91 #9142CC #CC9142

tetradic

#42CC91 #4C42CC #CC427D #C2CC42

square

#42CC91 #4C42CC #CC427D #C2CC42

split-complementary

#42CC91 #CC42C2 #CC4C42

monochromatic

#1F7450 #2CA471 #42CC91 #72D9AD #A2E6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#42CC91 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#42CC91 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC91

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC91	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC91	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BD8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B095

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc91;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.146 160.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcb1',
    500: '#42cc91',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc91;
$custom-light: #87dcb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc91",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.348,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75645,
    "c": 0.14643,
    "h": 160.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC91

secondary

#D397B1

accent

#4789E1

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF5

border

#CBD4CF

text

#0D1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC91

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

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