#42CF97#42CF97

#42CF97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.145 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CF97
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 151)
HSL	hsl(156, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(156, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 27.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -50.56, 17.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 53.37, 161.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.54% -0.1386 0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(76.54% 0.145 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.1424, 48.0149, 36.9514)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CF97 #CF427A

analogous

#42CF50 #42CF97 #42C1CF

triadic

#42CF97 #9742CF #CF9742

tetradic

#42CF97 #5042CF #CF427A #C1CF42

square

#42CF97 #5042CF #CF427A #C1CF42

split-complementary

#42CF97 #CF42C1 #CF5042

monochromatic

#1F7855 #2BA977 #42CF97 #73DBB2 #A4E8CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CF97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#42CF97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CF97

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CF97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CF97	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)

#CCC094

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B39B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cf97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.145 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deb5',
    500: '#42cf97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cf97;
$custom-light: #87deb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cf97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.17,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76538,
    "c": 0.1453,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CF97

secondary

#D598B0

accent

#4584E3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CF97

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

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