#42D391#42D391

#42D391 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.156 H 159.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D391
RGB	rgb(66, 211, 145)
HSL	hsl(153, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(153, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.7%, 0%, 31.3%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -53.42, 21.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 57.70, 157.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.1454 0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.156 159.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6488, 49.7877, 34.7773)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D391 #D34284

analogous

#42D349 #42D391 #42CCD3

triadic

#42D391 #9142D3 #D39142

tetradic

#42D391 #4942D3 #D34284 #CCD342

square

#42D391 #4942D3 #D34284 #CCD342

split-complementary

#42D391 #D342CC #D34942

monochromatic

#1D7D52 #29AF72 #42D391 #74DFAE #A5EACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#42D391 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#42D391 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D391

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D391	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D391	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C38D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB695

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d391;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 211, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.156 159.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e1b1',
    500: '#42d391',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d391;
$custom-light: #88e1b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d391",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.69,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77406,
    "c": 0.15551,
    "h": 159.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D391

secondary

#D79AB6

accent

#428DE5

background

#F9FDFA

surface

#F1FBF5

border

#CBD4CF

text

#0D1510

muted

#7E837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D391

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

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