#42D595#42D595

#42D595 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.155 H 160.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D595
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 149)
HSL	hsl(154, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(154, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 30%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -53.37, 20.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 57.23, 158.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.1455 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.155 160.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4627, 50.9131, 36.5970)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D595 #D54282

analogous

#42D54C #42D595 #42CBD5

triadic

#42D595 #9542D5 #D59542

tetradic

#42D595 #4C42D5 #D54282 #CBD542

square

#42D595 #4C42D5 #D54282 #CBD542

split-complementary

#42D595 #D542CB #D54C42

monochromatic

#1C8055 #28B276 #42D595 #74E0B1 #A6EBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#42D595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D595

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D595	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)

#D2C591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.155 160.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e3b4',
    500: '#42d595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d595;
$custom-light: #88e3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.878,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77996,
    "c": 0.15466,
    "h": 160.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D595

secondary

#873458

accent

#4189E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1511

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D595

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

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