#42CC97#42CC97

#42CC97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.141 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC97
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 151)
HSL	hsl(157, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 26%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.92, -49.34, 15.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.92, 51.82, 162.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.1356 0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.141 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4225, 46.5751, 36.7114)
Luminance	0.4658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC97 #CC4277

analogous

#42CC52 #42CC97 #42BCCC

triadic

#42CC97 #9742CC #CC9742

tetradic

#42CC97 #5242CC #CC4277 #BCCC42

square

#42CC97 #5242CC #CC4277 #BCCC42

split-complementary

#42CC97 #CC42BC #CC5242

monochromatic

#1F7454 #2CA476 #42CC97 #72D9B2 #A2E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#42CC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#42CC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC97

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC97	1.00	2.04	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8BD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.141 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcb5',
    500: '#42cc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc97;
$custom-light: #87dcb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.957,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75786,
    "c": 0.14146,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC97

secondary

#D397AE

accent

#4782E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC97

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

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