#42D990#42D990

#42D990 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.164 H 157.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D990
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 144)
HSL	hsl(151, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(151, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 33.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.75, -55.95, 24.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.75, 61.19, 156.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.1517 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.164 157.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0906, 52.7940, 34.8792)
Luminance	0.5280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D990 #D9428B

analogous

#42D944 #42D990 #42D7D9

triadic

#42D990 #9042D9 #D99042

tetradic

#42D990 #4442D9 #D9428B #D7D942

square

#42D990 #4442D9 #D9428B #D7D942

split-complementary

#42D990 #D942D7 #D94442

monochromatic

#1B8652 #25B971 #42D990 #75E3AE #A8EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#42D990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#42D990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D990

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D990	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C88B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.164 157.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6b1',
    500: '#42d990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d990;
$custom-light: #89e6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.993,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78892,
    "c": 0.16412,
    "h": 157.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D990

secondary

#8C335E

accent

#3E91E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF7

border

#CED5D0

text

#0D1610

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D990

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

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