#42D994#42D994

#42D994 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.161 H 158.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D994
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 148)
HSL	hsl(153, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(153, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 31.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -55.14, 22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 59.67, 157.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.1499 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.161 158.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4017, 52.9184, 36.5179)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D994 #D94287

analogous

#42D948 #42D994 #42D2D9

triadic

#42D994 #9442D9 #D99442

tetradic

#42D994 #4842D9 #D94287 #D2D942

square

#42D994 #4842D9 #D94287 #D2D942

split-complementary

#42D994 #D942D2 #D94842

monochromatic

#1B8655 #25B975 #42D994 #75E3B1 #A8EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#42D994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D994

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D994	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)

#D7C990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.161 158.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6b3',
    500: '#42d994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d994;
$custom-light: #89e6b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.583,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78976,
    "c": 0.16066,
    "h": 158.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D994

secondary

#8C335C

accent

#3E8DE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D994

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

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