#42D993#42D993

#42D993 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.162 H 158.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D993
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 147)
HSL	hsl(152, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(152, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 32.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -55.34, 23.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 60.05, 157.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.1504 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.162 158.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3229, 52.8869, 36.1028)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D993 #D94288

analogous

#42D947 #42D993 #42D4D9

triadic

#42D993 #9342D9 #D99342

tetradic

#42D993 #4742D9 #D94288 #D4D942

square

#42D993 #4742D9 #D94288 #D4D942

split-complementary

#42D993 #D942D4 #D94742

monochromatic

#1B8654 #25B974 #42D993 #75E3B0 #A8EDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D993 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#42D993 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D993

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D993	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D993	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C88F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d993;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 147);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.162 158.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6b3',
    500: '#42d993',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d993;
$custom-light: #89e6b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d993",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 147
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.185,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78955,
    "c": 0.16151,
    "h": 158.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D993

secondary

#8C335C

accent

#3E8EE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D993

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

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