#42CE98#42CE98

#42CE98 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.143 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE98
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 152)
HSL	hsl(157, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 26.2%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -49.93, 16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 52.49, 162.05°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.1371 0.0413)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.143 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9824, 47.5645, 37.3004)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE98 #CE4278

analogous

#42CE52 #42CE98 #42BECE

triadic

#42CE98 #9842CE #CE9842

tetradic

#42CE98 #5242CE #CE4278 #BECE42

square

#42CE98 #5242CE #CE4278 #BECE42

split-complementary

#42CE98 #CE42BE #CE5242

monochromatic

#1F7755 #2BA778 #42CE98 #73DBB2 #A3E7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CE98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#42CE98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE98

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE98	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)

#CABF95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.143 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deb6',
    500: '#42ce98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce98;
$custom-light: #87deb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76311,
    "c": 0.1432,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE98

secondary

#D498AF

accent

#4682E2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE98

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

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