#42CF99#42CF99

#42CF99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.144 H 163.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42CF99
RGB	rgb(66, 207, 153)
HSL	hsl(157, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(157, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.1%, 0%, 26.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -50.12, 16.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 52.64, 162.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.59% -0.1377 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(76.59% 0.144 163.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3062, 48.0804, 37.8141)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42CF99 #CF4278

analogous

#42CF52 #42CF99 #42BFCF

triadic

#42CF99 #9942CF #CF9942

tetradic

#42CF99 #5242CF #CF4278 #BFCF42

square

#42CF99 #5242CF #CF4278 #BFCF42

split-complementary

#42CF99 #CF42BF #CF5242

monochromatic

#1F7856 #2BA979 #42CF99 #73DBB3 #A4E8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#42CF99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#42CF99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42CF99

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42CF99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42CF99	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9B39C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42cf99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 207, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.144 163.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87deb7',
    500: '#42cf99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42cf99;
$custom-light: #87deb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42cf99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.021,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76586,
    "c": 0.14367,
    "h": 163.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42CF99

secondary

#D598AF

accent

#4581E3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42CF99

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

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