#42D897#42D897

#42D897 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.157 H 160.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D897
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 151)
HSL	hsl(154, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(154, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 30.1%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -54.13, 20.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 58.03, 158.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.1476 0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.157 160.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.3853, 52.5007, 37.6990)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D897 #D84283

analogous

#42D84C #42D897 #42CED8

triadic

#42D897 #9742D8 #D89742

tetradic

#42D897 #4C42D8 #D84283 #CED842

square

#42D897 #4C42D8 #D84283 #CED842

split-complementary

#42D897 #D842CE #D84C42

monochromatic

#1B8457 #26B778 #42D897 #75E2B3 #A7EDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#42D897 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#42D897 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D897

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D897	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D897	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d897;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.157 160.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5b6',
    500: '#42d897',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d897;
$custom-light: #89e5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d897",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78792,
    "c": 0.1568,
    "h": 160.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D897

secondary

#8B3359

accent

#3F89E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D897

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

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