#42CC95#42CC95

#42CC95 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.143 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC95
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 149)
HSL	hsl(156, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(156, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 27%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -49.78, 16.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 52.55, 161.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.1365 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.143 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2614, 46.5107, 35.8633)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC95 #CC4279

analogous

#42CC50 #42CC95 #42BECC

triadic

#42CC95 #9542CC #CC9542

tetradic

#42CC95 #5042CC #CC4279 #BECC42

square

#42CC95 #5042CC #CC4279 #BECC42

split-complementary

#42CC95 #CC42BE #CC5042

monochromatic

#1F7452 #2CA475 #42CC95 #72D9B0 #A2E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#42CC95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#42CC95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC95

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC95	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)

#C9BD92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7B099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.143 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcb4',
    500: '#42cc95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc95;
$custom-light: #87dcb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.087,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75738,
    "c": 0.14309,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC95

secondary

#D397AF

accent

#4784E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC95

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

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