#42D490#42D490

#42D490 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.158 H 158.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D490
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 144)
HSL	hsl(152, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(152, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 32.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -54.01, 22.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 58.60, 157.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.1468 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.158 158.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.8213, 50.2554, 34.4561)
Luminance	0.5026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D490 #D44286

analogous

#42D447 #42D490 #42CFD4

triadic

#42D490 #9042D4 #D49042

tetradic

#42D490 #4742D4 #D44286 #CFD442

square

#42D490 #4742D4 #D44286 #CFD442

split-complementary

#42D490 #D442CF #D44742

monochromatic

#1D7F51 #28B171 #42D490 #74DFAD #A6EBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#42D490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#42D490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D490

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D490	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C48C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.158 158.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e2b1',
    500: '#42d490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d490;
$custom-light: #88e2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.055,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77636,
    "c": 0.15767,
    "h": 158.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D490

secondary

#86345A

accent

#428EE6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1510

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D490

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

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