#42D196#42D196

#42D196 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.149 H 161.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D196
RGB	rgb(66, 209, 150)
HSL	hsl(155, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(155, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 28.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -51.58, 18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 54.78, 160.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.1411 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.149 161.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5491, 48.9578, 36.6880)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D196 #D1427D

analogous

#42D14F #42D196 #42C4D1

triadic

#42D196 #9642D1 #D19642

tetradic

#42D196 #4F42D1 #D1427D #C4D142

square

#42D196 #4F42D1 #D1427D #C4D142

split-complementary

#42D196 #D142C4 #D14F42

monochromatic

#1E7B54 #2AAC76 #42D196 #73DDB1 #A4E9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#42D196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#42D196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D196

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D196	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC293

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB49A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.149 161.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e0b5',
    500: '#42d196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d196;
$custom-light: #88e0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.245,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77016,
    "c": 0.14868,
    "h": 161.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D196

secondary

#D699B2

accent

#4486E4

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FBF6

border

#CBD4D0

text

#0D1511

muted

#7E8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D196

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

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