#42CE99#42CE99

#42CE99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.142 H 163.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CE99
RGB	rgb(66, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(157, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(157, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68%, 0%, 25.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, -49.71, 15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 52.12, 162.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.1367 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.142 163.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0647, 47.5974, 37.7336)
Luminance	0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CE99 #CE4277

analogous

#42CE53 #42CE99 #42BDCE

triadic

#42CE99 #9942CE #CE9942

tetradic

#42CE99 #5342CE #CE4277 #BDCE42

square

#42CE99 #5342CE #CE4277 #BDCE42

split-complementary

#42CE99 #CE42BD #CE5342

monochromatic

#1F7755 #2BA778 #42CE99 #73DBB3 #A3E7CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#42CE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#42CE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CE99

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CE99	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABF96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8B29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42ce99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.142 163.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deb7',
    500: '#42ce99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42ce99;
$custom-light: #87deb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42ce99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.286,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76335,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 163.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CE99

secondary

#D498AF

accent

#4681E2

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CE99

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

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