#42CD94#42CD94

#42CD94 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.145 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CD94
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 148)
HSL	hsl(155, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(155, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 27.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -50.40, 17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 53.44, 160.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.138 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.145 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4204, 46.9558, 35.5241)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CD94 #CD427B

analogous

#42CD4E #42CD94 #42C0CD

triadic

#42CD94 #9442CD #CD9442

tetradic

#42CD94 #4E42CD #CD427B #C0CD42

square

#42CD94 #4E42CD #CD427B #C0CD42

split-complementary

#42CD94 #CD42C0 #CD4E42

monochromatic

#1F7652 #2CA674 #42CD94 #72DAAF #A3E7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42CD94 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#42CD94 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD94

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CD94	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CD94	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABE91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cd94;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.145 161.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddb3',
    500: '#42cd94',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cd94;
$custom-light: #87ddb3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cd94",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.396,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75966,
    "c": 0.14521,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CD94

secondary

#D397B0

accent

#4686E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD94

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

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