#42D594#42D594

#42D594 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.156 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D594
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 148)
HSL	hsl(153, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(153, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 30.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -53.58, 21.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 57.60, 158.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.97% -0.146 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(77.97% 0.156 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3832, 50.8813, 36.1784)
Luminance	0.5089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D594 #D54283

analogous

#42D54A #42D594 #42CDD5

triadic

#42D594 #9442D5 #D59442

tetradic

#42D594 #4A42D5 #D54283 #CDD542

square

#42D594 #4A42D5 #D54283 #CDD542

split-complementary

#42D594 #D542CD #D54A42

monochromatic

#1C8054 #28B275 #42D594 #74E0B0 #A6EBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D594 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#42D594 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D594

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D594	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D594	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C590

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d594;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.156 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e3b3',
    500: '#42d594',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d594;
$custom-light: #88e3b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d594",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.469,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77974,
    "c": 0.15551,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D594

secondary

#873459

accent

#418AE7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1511

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D594

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

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