#42D699#42D699

#42D699 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.153 H 161.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D699
RGB	rgb(66, 214, 153)
HSL	hsl(155, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(155, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.2%, 0%, 28.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.01, -52.92, 19.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.01, 56.25, 160.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.1447 0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.153 161.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0398, 51.5477, 38.3919)
Luminance	0.5155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D699 #D6427F

analogous

#42D64F #42D699 #42C9D6

triadic

#42D699 #9942D6 #D69942

tetradic

#42D699 #4F42D6 #D6427F #C9D642

square

#42D699 #4F42D6 #D6427F #C9D642

split-complementary

#42D699 #D642C9 #D64F42

monochromatic

#1C8258 #27B47A #42D699 #74E1B4 #A7ECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#42D699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#42D699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D699

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D699	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 214, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.153 161.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88e3b7',
    500: '#42d699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d699;
$custom-light: #88e3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.27,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78337,
    "c": 0.15257,
    "h": 161.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D699

secondary

#883457

accent

#4085E7

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D699

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

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