#42D59A#42D59A

#42D59A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.150 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D59A
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 154)
HSL	hsl(156, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(156, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 27.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -52.31, 18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 55.37, 160.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.1432 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.15 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.8704, 51.0763, 38.7446)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D59A #D5427D

analogous

#42D550 #42D59A #42C7D5

triadic

#42D59A #9A42D5 #D59A42

tetradic

#42D59A #5042D5 #D5427D #C7D542

square

#42D59A #5042D5 #D5427D #C7D542

split-complementary

#42D59A #D542C7 #D55042

monochromatic

#1C8058 #28B27B #42D59A #74E0B5 #A6EBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#42D59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D59A

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D59A	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.150 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e3b8',
    500: '#42d59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d59a;
$custom-light: #88e3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.918,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7811,
    "c": 0.15048,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D59A

secondary

#873455

accent

#4184E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1511

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D59A

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

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