#42CC98#42CC98

#42CC98 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.141 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CC98
RGB	rgb(66, 204, 152)
HSL	hsl(157, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.6%, 0%, 25.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -49.12, 15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 51.45, 162.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% -0.1351 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.141 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5040, 46.6077, 37.1409)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CC98 #CC4276

analogous

#42CC53 #42CC98 #42BBCC

triadic

#42CC98 #9842CC #CC9842

tetradic

#42CC98 #5342CC #CC4276 #BBCC42

square

#42CC98 #5342CC #CC4276 #BBCC42

split-complementary

#42CC98 #CC42BB #CC5342

monochromatic

#1F7454 #2CA477 #42CC98 #72D9B2 #A2E6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#42CC98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#42CC98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CC98

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CC98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CC98	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	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)

#C8BE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6B09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cc98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 204, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.141 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dcb6',
    500: '#42cc98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cc98;
$custom-light: #87dcb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cc98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.391,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7581,
    "c": 0.14065,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CC98

secondary

#D397AE

accent

#4781E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CC98

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

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