#42D498#42D498

#42D498 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.151 H 161.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D498
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 152)
HSL	hsl(155, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(155, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 28.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.38, -52.34, 18.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.38, 55.59, 160.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.1431 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.151 161.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4545, 50.5087, 37.7911)
Luminance	0.5051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D498 #D4427E

analogous

#42D44F #42D498 #42C7D4

triadic

#42D498 #9842D4 #D49842

tetradic

#42D498 #4F42D4 #D4427E #C7D442

square

#42D498 #4F42D4 #D4427E #C7D442

split-complementary

#42D498 #D442C7 #D44F42

monochromatic

#1D7F57 #28B179 #42D498 #74DFB3 #A6EBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42D498 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#42D498 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D498

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D498	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D498	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d498;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.151 161.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e2b6',
    500: '#42d498',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d498;
$custom-light: #88e2b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d498",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.342,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77814,
    "c": 0.15086,
    "h": 161.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D498

secondary

#863456

accent

#4285E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1511

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D498

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

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