#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
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 150)
HSL	hsl(154, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(154, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 30.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -54.34, 21.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 58.40, 158.50°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.148 0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.158 159.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3044, 52.4683, 37.2731)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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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
##42D896	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #42D896

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

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