#42D499#42D499

#42D499 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.150 H 162.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D499
RGBrgb(66, 212, 153)
HSLhsl(156, 63%, 55%)
HSVhsv(156, 69%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(68.9%, 0%, 27.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(76.40, -52.13, 18.22)
CIE-LCHlch(76.40, 55.22, 160.73°)
OKLaboklab(77.84% -0.1427 0.0464)
OKLCHoklch(77.84% 0.15 162)
XYZxyz(31.5368, 50.5416, 38.2243)
Luminance0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D499 #D4427D
analogous
#42D450 #42D499 #42C6D4
triadic
#42D499 #9942D4 #D49942
tetradic
#42D499 #5042D4 #D4427D #C6D442
square
#42D499 #5042D4 #D4427D #C6D442
split-complementary
#42D499 #D442C6 #D45042
monochromatic
#1D7F57 #28B179 #42D499 #74DFB4 #A6EBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89
#42D499 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11
#42D499 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D499
11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D499#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D4991.001.8911.1111.11
#FFFFFF1.891.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1121.001.001.00
##00000011.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1C596
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BEB79D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D4C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.150 162.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e2b7',
    500: '#42d499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d499;
$custom-light: #88e2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.753,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77837,
    "c": 0.15002,
    "h": 162
  },
  "luminance": 0.50545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D499
secondary
#863455
accent
#4284E6
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1511
muted
#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D499

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#42D499 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva