#42D797#42D797

#42D797 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.156 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D797
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 151)
HSL	hsl(154, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(154, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 29.8%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -53.74, 20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 57.51, 159.13°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.1466 0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.156 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1299, 51.9899, 37.6139)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D797 #D74282

analogous

#42D74C #42D797 #42CDD7

triadic

#42D797 #9742D7 #D79742

tetradic

#42D797 #4C42D7 #D74282 #CDD742

square

#42D797 #4C42D7 #D74282 #CDD742

split-complementary

#42D797 #D742CD #D74C42

monochromatic

#1C8357 #26B578 #42D797 #75E2B3 #A7ECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#42D797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#42D797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D797

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D797	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.156 160.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4b5',
    500: '#42d797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d797;
$custom-light: #89e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.228,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78542,
    "c": 0.15553,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D797

secondary

#8A3459

accent

#4088E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D797

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

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