#42D099#42D099

#42D099 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.145 H 163.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D099
RGB	rgb(66, 208, 153)
HSL	hsl(157, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(157, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.3%, 0%, 26.4%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -50.52, 16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 53.16, 161.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.1387 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.145 163.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5492, 48.5665, 37.8951)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D099 #D04279

analogous

#42D052 #42D099 #42C0D0

triadic

#42D099 #9942D0 #D09942

tetradic

#42D099 #5242D0 #D04279 #C0D042

square

#42D099 #5242D0 #D04279 #C0D042

split-complementary

#42D099 #D042C0 #D05242

monochromatic

#1E7956 #2AAA79 #42D099 #73DCB3 #A4E8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#42D099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#42D099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D099

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D099	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCC196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAB49D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 208, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.145 163.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87dfb7',
    500: '#42d099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d099;
$custom-light: #87dfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.761,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76836,
    "c": 0.14493,
    "h": 163.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D099

secondary

#D599B0

accent

#4482E3

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D099

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

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