#42D890#42D890

#42D890 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.163 H 157.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D890
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 144)
HSL	hsl(151, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(151, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 33.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -55.56, 24.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 60.68, 156.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.1508 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.163 157.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8336, 52.2800, 34.7935)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D890 #D8428A

analogous

#42D845 #42D890 #42D5D8

triadic

#42D890 #9042D8 #D89042

tetradic

#42D890 #4542D8 #D8428A #D5D842

square

#42D890 #4542D8 #D8428A #D5D842

split-complementary

#42D890 #D842D5 #D84542

monochromatic

#1B8452 #26B771 #42D890 #75E2AE #A7EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42D890 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#42D890 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D890

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D890	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D890	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C78B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d890;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.163 157.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5b1',
    500: '#42d890',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d890;
$custom-light: #89e5b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d890",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.2,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78641,
    "c": 0.16283,
    "h": 157.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D890

secondary

#8B335D

accent

#3F91E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D890

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

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