#42D596#42D596

#42D596 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.154 H 160.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D596
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(154, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(154, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 29.6%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -53.16, 20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 56.85, 159.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% -0.1451 0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.154 160.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.5428, 50.9452, 37.0193)
Luminance	0.5095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D596 #D54281

analogous

#42D54D #42D596 #42CAD5

triadic

#42D596 #9642D5 #D59642

tetradic

#42D596 #4D42D5 #D54281 #CAD542

square

#42D596 #4D42D5 #D54281 #CAD542

split-complementary

#42D596 #D542CA #D54D42

monochromatic

#1C8055 #28B277 #42D596 #74E0B2 #A6EBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#42D596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D596

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D596	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.154 160.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e3b5',
    500: '#42d596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d596;
$custom-light: #88e3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78019,
    "c": 0.15382,
    "h": 160.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D596

secondary

#873458

accent

#4188E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1511

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D596

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

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