#42D59D#42D59D

#42D59D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.148 H 163.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D59D
RGB	rgb(66, 213, 157)
HSL	hsl(157, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 0%, 26.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -51.66, 16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 54.27, 162.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.1418 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.148 163.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1234, 51.1774, 40.0770)
Luminance	0.5118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D59D #D5427A

analogous

#42D554 #42D59D #42C3D5

triadic

#42D59D #9D42D5 #D59D42

tetradic

#42D59D #5442D5 #D5427A #C3D542

square

#42D59D #5442D5 #D5427A #C3D542

split-complementary

#42D59D #D542C3 #D55442

monochromatic

#1C805A #28B27D #42D59D #74E0B7 #A6EBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#42D59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D59D

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D59D	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 213, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.148 163.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e3ba',
    500: '#42d59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d59d;
$custom-light: #88e3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.143,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7818,
    "c": 0.14804,
    "h": 163.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D59D

secondary

#873454

accent

#4180E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1511

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D59D

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

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