#42D799#42D799

#42D799 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.154 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D799
RGB	rgb(66, 215, 153)
HSL	hsl(155, 65%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(155, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.3%, 0%, 28.8%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -53.32, 19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 56.77, 159.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.1456 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.154 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2937, 52.0554, 38.4766)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D799 #D74280

analogous

#42D74F #42D799 #42CAD7

triadic

#42D799 #9942D7 #D79942

tetradic

#42D799 #4F42D7 #D74280 #CAD742

square

#42D799 #4F42D7 #D74280 #CAD742

split-complementary

#42D799 #D742CA #D74F42

monochromatic

#1C8358 #26B57A #42D799 #75E2B4 #A7ECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#42D799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#42D799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D799

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D799	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B99D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 215, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.154 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e4b7',
    500: '#42d799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d799;
$custom-light: #89e4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.034,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78587,
    "c": 0.15384,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D799

secondary

#8A3457

accent

#4086E8

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D799

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

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