#42D995#42D995

#42D995 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.160 H 159.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D995
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 149)
HSL	hsl(153, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(153, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 31.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -54.94, 22.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 59.30, 157.89°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.1495 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.16 159.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.4812, 52.9502, 36.9365)
Luminance	0.5295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D995 #D94286

analogous

#42D949 #42D995 #42D2D9

triadic

#42D995 #9542D9 #D99542

tetradic

#42D995 #4942D9 #D94286 #D2D942

square

#42D995 #4942D9 #D94286 #D2D942

split-complementary

#42D995 #D942D2 #D94942

monochromatic

#1B8656 #25B976 #42D995 #75E3B2 #A8EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#42D995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D995

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D995	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.160 159.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6b4',
    500: '#42d995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d995;
$custom-light: #89e6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.98,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78998,
    "c": 0.1598,
    "h": 159.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D995

secondary

#8C335B

accent

#3E8BE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D995

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

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