#42D898#42D898

#42D898 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.156 H 160.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D898
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 152)
HSL	hsl(154, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(154, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 29.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, -53.92, 20.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 57.66, 159.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.1471 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.156 160.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4668, 52.5333, 38.1285)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D898 #D84282

analogous

#42D84D #42D898 #42CDD8

triadic

#42D898 #9842D8 #D89842

tetradic

#42D898 #4D42D8 #D84282 #CDD842

square

#42D898 #4D42D8 #D84282 #CDD842

split-complementary

#42D898 #D842CD #D84D42

monochromatic

#1B8457 #26B779 #42D898 #75E2B4 #A7EDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D898 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#42D898 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D898

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D898	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D898	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BA9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d898;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.156 160.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5b6',
    500: '#42d898',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d898;
$custom-light: #89e5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d898",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78814,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 160.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D898

secondary

#8B3359

accent

#3F87E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D898

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

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