#42D696#42D696

#42D696 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.155 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D696
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 150)
HSL	hsl(154, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(154, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 29.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -53.56, 20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 57.37, 158.99°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.1461 0.0522)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.155 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7951, 51.4498, 37.1034)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D696 #D64282

analogous

#42D64C #42D696 #42CCD6

triadic

#42D696 #9642D6 #D69642

tetradic

#42D696 #4C42D6 #D64282 #CCD642

square

#42D696 #4C42D6 #D64282 #CCD642

split-complementary

#42D696 #D642CC #D64C42

monochromatic

#1C8256 #27B477 #42D696 #74E1B2 #A7ECCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#42D696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D696

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D696	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B89A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.155 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e4b5',
    500: '#42d696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d696;
$custom-light: #88e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.054,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78269,
    "c": 0.15509,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D696

secondary

#883458

accent

#4089E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D696

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

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