#42CD95#42CD95

#42CD95 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.144 H 162.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CD95
RGB	rgb(66, 205, 149)
HSL	hsl(156, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(156, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 0%, 27.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.18, -50.18, 17.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.18, 53.07, 161.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.1375 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.144 162.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4999, 46.9875, 35.9428)
Luminance	0.4699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CD95 #CD427A

analogous

#42CD4F #42CD95 #42C0CD

triadic

#42CD95 #9542CD #CD9542

tetradic

#42CD95 #4F42CD #CD427A #C0CD42

square

#42CD95 #4F42CD #CD427A #C0CD42

split-complementary

#42CD95 #CD42C0 #CD4F42

monochromatic

#1F7653 #2CA675 #42CD95 #72DAB0 #A3E7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#42CD95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#42CD95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CD95

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CD95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CD95	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABE92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cd95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 205, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.144 162.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87ddb4',
    500: '#42cd95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cd95;
$custom-light: #87ddb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cd95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.827,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75989,
    "c": 0.14437,
    "h": 162.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CD95

secondary

#D397B0

accent

#4685E1

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CD95

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

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