#42D697#42D697

#42D697 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.154 H 160.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D697
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 151)
HSL	hsl(154, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(154, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 29.4%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -53.35, 20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 57.00, 159.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.1456 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.154 160.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8760, 51.4822, 37.5293)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D697 #D64281

analogous

#42D64D #42D697 #42CBD6

triadic

#42D697 #9742D6 #D69742

tetradic

#42D697 #4D42D6 #D64281 #CBD642

square

#42D697 #4D42D6 #D64281 #CBD642

split-complementary

#42D697 #D642CB #D64D42

monochromatic

#1C8256 #27B478 #42D697 #74E1B3 #A7ECCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#42D697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D697

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D697	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C693

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.154 160.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e3b5',
    500: '#42d697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d697;
$custom-light: #88e3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.459,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78291,
    "c": 0.15425,
    "h": 160.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D697

secondary

#883458

accent

#4087E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D697

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

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