#42CE97#42CE97

#42CE97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.144 H 162.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE97
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 151)
HSL	hsl(156, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(156, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 26.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -50.15, 16.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 52.85, 161.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.1376 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.144 162.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9009, 47.5319, 36.8709)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE97 #CE4279

analogous

#42CE51 #42CE97 #42BFCE

triadic

#42CE97 #9742CE #CE9742

tetradic

#42CE97 #5142CE #CE4279 #BFCE42

square

#42CE97 #5142CE #CE4279 #BFCE42

split-complementary

#42CE97 #CE42BF #CE5142

monochromatic

#1F7754 #2BA777 #42CE97 #73DBB2 #A3E7CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#42CE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE97

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE97	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBF94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.144 162.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deb5',
    500: '#42ce97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce97;
$custom-light: #87deb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.429,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76287,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 162.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE97

secondary

#D498AF

accent

#4683E2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE97

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

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