#42D49B#42D49B

#42D49B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.148 H 162.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D49B
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 155)
HSL	hsl(157, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 26.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -51.70, 17.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 54.49, 161.57°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.1417 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.148 162.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.7033, 50.6082, 39.1015)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D49B #D4427B

analogous

#42D452 #42D49B #42C4D4

triadic

#42D49B #9B42D4 #D49B42

tetradic

#42D49B #5242D4 #D4427B #C4D442

square

#42D49B #5242D4 #D4427B #C4D442

split-complementary

#42D49B #D442C4 #D45242

monochromatic

#1D7F59 #28B17B #42D49B #74DFB5 #A6EBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42D49B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#42D49B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D49B

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D49B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D49B	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d49b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.148 162.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e2b8',
    500: '#42d49b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d49b;
$custom-light: #88e2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d49b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.575,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77883,
    "c": 0.14839,
    "h": 162.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D49B

secondary

#863454

accent

#4282E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1511

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D49B

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

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