#42D89B#42D89B

#42D89B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.153 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D89B
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 155)
HSL	hsl(156, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(156, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 28.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -53.29, 18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 56.54, 160.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.1457 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.153 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7156, 52.6328, 39.4390)
Luminance	0.5264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D89B #D8427F

analogous

#42D850 #42D89B #42CAD8

triadic

#42D89B #9B42D8 #D89B42

tetradic

#42D89B #5042D8 #D8427F #CAD842

square

#42D89B #5042D8 #D8427F #CAD842

split-complementary

#42D89B #D842CA #D85042

monochromatic

#1B845A #26B77C #42D89B #75E2B6 #A7EDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D89B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#42D89B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D89B

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D89B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D89B	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C897

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BA9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d89b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.153 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5b8',
    500: '#42d89b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d89b;
$custom-light: #89e5b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d89b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.6,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78882,
    "c": 0.15346,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D89B

secondary

#8B3357

accent

#3F84E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D89B

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

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