#42D49C#42D49C

#42D49C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.148 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D49C
RGB	rgb(66, 212, 156)
HSL	hsl(157, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.9%, 0%, 26.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -51.48, 16.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 54.12, 162.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.1413 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.148 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7877, 50.6419, 39.5456)
Luminance	0.5065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D49C #D4427A

analogous

#42D453 #42D49C #42C3D4

triadic

#42D49C #9C42D4 #D49C42

tetradic

#42D49C #5342D4 #D4427A #C3D442

square

#42D49C #5342D4 #D4427A #C3D442

split-complementary

#42D49C #D442C3 #D45342

monochromatic

#1D7F59 #28B17C #42D49C #74DFB6 #A6EBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#42D49C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#42D49C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D49C

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D49C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D49C	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d49c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 212, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.148 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e2b9',
    500: '#42d49c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d49c;
$custom-light: #88e2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d49c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.986,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77907,
    "c": 0.14758,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D49C

secondary

#863454

accent

#4281E6

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1511

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D49C

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

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