#42CC94#42CC94

#42CC94 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.144 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC94
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 148)
HSL	hsl(156, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(156, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 27.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -50.00, 17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 52.92, 160.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.137 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.144 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1819, 46.4789, 35.4446)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC94 #CC427A

analogous

#42CC4F #42CC94 #42BFCC

triadic

#42CC94 #9442CC #CC9442

tetradic

#42CC94 #4F42CC #CC427A #BFCC42

square

#42CC94 #4F42CC #CC427A #BFCC42

split-complementary

#42CC94 #CC42BF #CC4F42

monochromatic

#1F7452 #2CA474 #42CC94 #72D9AF #A2E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#42CC94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#42CC94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC94

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC94	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BD91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.144 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcb3',
    500: '#42cc94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc94;
$custom-light: #87dcb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.652,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75715,
    "c": 0.14392,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC94

secondary

#D397AF

accent

#4785E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC94

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

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