#42D59C#42D59C

#42D59C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.149 H 162.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D59C
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 156)
HSL	hsl(157, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 26.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -51.88, 17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 54.64, 161.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.1423 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.149 162.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.0384, 51.1434, 39.6292)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D59C #D5427B

analogous

#42D553 #42D59C #42C4D5

triadic

#42D59C #9C42D5 #D59C42

tetradic

#42D59C #5342D5 #D5427B #C4D542

square

#42D59C #5342D5 #D5427B #C4D542

split-complementary

#42D59C #D542C4 #D55342

monochromatic

#1C8059 #28B27C #42D59C #74E0B6 #A6EBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D59C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#42D59C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D59C

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D59C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D59C	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d59c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.149 162.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e3b9',
    500: '#42d59c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d59c;
$custom-light: #88e3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d59c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.735,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78157,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 162.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D59C

secondary

#873454

accent

#4181E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1511

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D59C

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

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