#42D597#42D597

#42D597 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.153 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D597
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 151)
HSL	hsl(155, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(155, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 29.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -52.95, 19.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 56.48, 159.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.1446 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.153 161)
XYZ	xyz(31.6237, 50.9776, 37.4452)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D597 #D54280

analogous

#42D54E #42D597 #42C9D5

triadic

#42D597 #9742D5 #D59742

tetradic

#42D597 #4E42D5 #D54280 #C9D542

square

#42D597 #4E42D5 #D54280 #C9D542

split-complementary

#42D597 #D542C9 #D54E42

monochromatic

#1C8056 #28B278 #42D597 #74E0B3 #A6EBCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#42D597 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#42D597 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D597

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D597	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D597	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C593

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d597;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.153 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e3b5',
    500: '#42d597',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d597;
$custom-light: #88e3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d597",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.694,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78041,
    "c": 0.15296,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.50981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D597

secondary

#873457

accent

#4187E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1511

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D597

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

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