#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
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 153)
HSL	hsl(156, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(156, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 27.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -52.13, 18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 55.22, 160.73°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.1427 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.15 162)
XYZ	xyz(31.5368, 50.5416, 38.2243)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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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
##42D499	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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