#42CE95#42CE95

#42CE95 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.146 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE95
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 149)
HSL	hsl(156, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(156, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 27.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.49, -50.59, 17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.49, 53.59, 160.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.1385 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.146 162)
XYZ	xyz(29.7398, 47.4675, 36.0227)
Luminance	0.4747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE95 #CE427B

analogous

#42CE4F #42CE95 #42C1CE

triadic

#42CE95 #9542CE #CE9542

tetradic

#42CE95 #4F42CE #CE427B #C1CE42

square

#42CE95 #4F42CE #CE427B #C1CE42

split-complementary

#42CE95 #CE42C1 #CE4F42

monochromatic

#1F7753 #2BA775 #42CE95 #73DBB0 #A3E7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CE95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#42CE95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE95

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE95	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBF92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.146 162.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deb4',
    500: '#42ce95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce95;
$custom-light: #87deb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7624,
    "c": 0.14566,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.47471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE95

secondary

#D498B0

accent

#4685E2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE95

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

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