#42CC96#42CC96

#42CC96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.142 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC96
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 150)
HSL	hsl(157, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 26.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, -49.56, 16.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 52.18, 161.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.136 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.142 163)
XYZ	xyz(29.3416, 46.5427, 36.2855)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC96 #CC4278

analogous

#42CC51 #42CC96 #42BDCC

triadic

#42CC96 #9642CC #CC9642

tetradic

#42CC96 #5142CC #CC4278 #BDCC42

square

#42CC96 #5142CC #CC4278 #BDCC42

split-complementary

#42CC96 #CC42BD #CC5142

monochromatic

#1F7453 #2CA475 #42CC96 #72D9B1 #A2E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#42CC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#42CC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC96

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC96	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9BD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.142 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcb5',
    500: '#42cc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc96;
$custom-light: #87dcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.522,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75762,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.46546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC96

secondary

#D397AE

accent

#4783E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC96

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

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