#42CE96#42CE96

#42CE96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.145 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE96
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 150)
HSL	hsl(156, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(156, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 27.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -50.37, 17.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 53.22, 161.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.138 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.145 162.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8200, 47.4996, 36.4450)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE96 #CE427A

analogous

#42CE50 #42CE96 #42C0CE

triadic

#42CE96 #9642CE #CE9642

tetradic

#42CE96 #5042CE #CE427A #C0CE42

square

#42CE96 #5042CE #CE427A #C0CE42

split-complementary

#42CE96 #CE42C0 #CE5042

monochromatic

#1F7754 #2BA776 #42CE96 #73DBB1 #A3E7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#42CE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE96

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE96	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBF93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B29A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.145 162.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deb5',
    500: '#42ce96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce96;
$custom-light: #87deb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76264,
    "c": 0.14483,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE96

secondary

#D498B0

accent

#4684E2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE96

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

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