#42D495#42D495

#42D495 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.153 H 160.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D495
RGBrgb(66, 212, 149)
HSLhsl(154, 63%, 55%)
HSVhsv(154, 69%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 0%, 29.7%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.32, -52.98, 20.22)
CIE-LCHlch(76.32, 56.71, 159.11°)
OKLaboklab(77.75% -0.1445 0.0514)
OKLCHoklch(77.75% 0.153 160.4)
XYZxyz(31.2119, 50.4116, 36.5134)
Luminance0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D495 #D44281
analogous
#42D44C #42D495 #42CAD4
triadic
#42D495 #9542D4 #D49542
tetradic
#42D495 #4C42D4 #D44281 #CAD442
square
#42D495 #4C42D4 #D44281 #CAD442
split-complementary
#42D495 #D442CA #D44C42
monochromatic
#1D7F55 #28B176 #42D495 #74DFB1 #A6EBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89
#42D495 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08
#42D495 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D495
11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D495#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D4951.001.8911.0811.08
#FFFFFF1.891.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0821.001.001.00
##00000011.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1C491
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFB799
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D3C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.153 160.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e2b4',
    500: '#42d495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d495;
$custom-light: #88e2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.11,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77746,
    "c": 0.15337,
    "h": 160.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D495
secondary
#863457
accent
#4289E6
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1511
muted
#7F8481

Preview Lab

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#42D495 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva