#42D89D#42D89D

#42D89D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.152 H 162.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D89D
RGB	rgb(66, 216, 157)
HSL	hsl(156, 66%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(156, 69%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.4%, 0%, 27.3%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, -52.86, 17.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 55.81, 161.28°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.1448 0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.152 162.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8850, 52.7006, 40.3309)
Luminance	0.5270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D89D #D8427D

analogous

#42D852 #42D89D #42C8D8

triadic

#42D89D #9D42D8 #D89D42

tetradic

#42D89D #5242D8 #D8427D #C8D842

square

#42D89D #5242D8 #D8427D #C8D842

split-complementary

#42D89D #D842C8 #D85242

monochromatic

#1B845B #26B77E #42D89D #75E2B7 #A7EDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D89D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#42D89D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D89D

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D89D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D89D	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d89d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 216, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.152 162.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e5ba',
    500: '#42d89d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d89d;
$custom-light: #89e5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d89d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.4,
    "s": 65.789,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78928,
    "c": 0.15182,
    "h": 162.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D89D

secondary

#8B3356

accent

#3F82E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D89D

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

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