#42D894#42D894

#42D894 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.159 H 159.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D894
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 148)
HSL	hsl(153, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(153, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 31.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -54.75, 22.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 59.16, 157.75°)
OKLab	oklab(78.73% -0.1489 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(78.73% 0.159 159.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1447, 52.4045, 36.4322)
Luminance	0.5241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D894 #D84286

analogous

#42D849 #42D894 #42D1D8

triadic

#42D894 #9442D8 #D89442

tetradic

#42D894 #4942D8 #D84286 #D1D842

square

#42D894 #4942D8 #D84286 #D1D842

split-complementary

#42D894 #D842D1 #D84942

monochromatic

#1B8455 #26B775 #42D894 #75E2B1 #A7EDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42D894 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#42D894 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D894

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D894	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D894	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d894;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.159 159.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5b3',
    500: '#42d894',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d894;
$custom-light: #89e5b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d894",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.8,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78726,
    "c": 0.15936,
    "h": 159.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D894

secondary

#8B335B

accent

#3F8CE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D894

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

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