#42D591#42D591

#42D591 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.158 H 158.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D591
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 145)
HSL	hsl(152, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(152, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 31.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -54.20, 22.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 58.74, 157.33°)
OKLab	oklab(77.91% -0.1474 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(77.91% 0.158 158.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1488, 50.7876, 34.9440)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D591 #D54286

analogous

#42D548 #42D591 #42CFD5

triadic

#42D591 #9142D5 #D59142

tetradic

#42D591 #4842D5 #D54286 #CFD542

square

#42D591 #4842D5 #D54286 #CFD542

split-complementary

#42D591 #D542CF #D54842

monochromatic

#1C8052 #28B272 #42D591 #74E0AE #A6EBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#42D591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D591

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D591	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C58D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B795

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.158 158.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e3b1',
    500: '#42d591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d591;
$custom-light: #88e3b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.245,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77908,
    "c": 0.15809,
    "h": 158.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D591

secondary

#87345A

accent

#418EE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1510

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D591

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

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