#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
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 149)
HSL	hsl(154, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(154, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 29.7%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.32, -52.98, 20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.32, 56.71, 159.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% -0.1445 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.153 160.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2119, 50.4116, 36.5134)
Luminance	0.5041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42D495	1.00	1.89	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #42D495

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

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