#42D896#42D896

#42D896 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.158 H 159.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42D896
RGBrgb(66, 216, 150)
HSLhsl(154, 66%, 55%)
HSVhsv(154, 69%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(69.4%, 0%, 30.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(77.56, -54.34, 21.40)
CIE-LCHlch(77.56, 58.40, 158.50°)
OKLaboklab(78.77% -0.148 0.0543)
OKLCHoklch(78.77% 0.158 159.9)
XYZxyz(32.3044, 52.4683, 37.2731)
Luminance0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42D896 #D84284
analogous
#42D84B #42D896 #42CFD8
triadic
#42D896 #9642D8 #D89642
tetradic
#42D896 #4B42D8 #D84284 #CFD842
square
#42D896 #4B42D8 #D84284 #CFD842
split-complementary
#42D896 #D842CF #D84B42
monochromatic
#1B8456 #26B777 #42D896 #75E2B2 #A7EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83
#42D896 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49
#42D896 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D896
11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42D896#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42D8961.001.8311.4911.49
#FFFFFF1.831.0021.0021.00
#00000011.4921.001.001.00
##00000011.4921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5C892
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2BA9A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00D7C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42d896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.158 159.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5b5',
    500: '#42d896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42d896;
$custom-light: #89e5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42d896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7877,
    "c": 0.15765,
    "h": 159.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42D896
secondary
#8B335A
accent
#3F8AE9
background
#FCFEFD
surface
#F4FCF8
border
#CED5D1
text
#0D1611
muted
#7F8481

Preview Lab

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#42D896 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva