#42CF96#42CF96

#42CF96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.146 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CF96
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 150)
HSL	hsl(156, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(156, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 27.5%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -50.77, 17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 53.74, 160.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.1391 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.146 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0615, 47.9826, 36.5255)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CF96 #CF427B

analogous

#42CF4F #42CF96 #42C1CF

triadic

#42CF96 #9642CF #CF9642

tetradic

#42CF96 #4F42CF #CF427B #C1CF42

square

#42CF96 #4F42CF #CF427B #C1CF42

split-complementary

#42CF96 #CF42C1 #CF4F42

monochromatic

#1F7854 #2BA976 #42CF96 #73DBB1 #A4E8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CF96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#42CF96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CF96

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CF96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CF96	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC093

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cf96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.146 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deb5',
    500: '#42cf96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cf96;
$custom-light: #87deb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cf96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.745,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76515,
    "c": 0.14611,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CF96

secondary

#D598B1

accent

#4585E3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CF96

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

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