#42D996#42D996

#42D996 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.159 H 159.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D996
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 150)
HSL	hsl(153, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(153, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 30.9%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -54.73, 21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 58.92, 158.26°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.149 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.159 159.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5614, 52.9823, 37.3588)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D996 #D94285

analogous

#42D94A #42D996 #42D1D9

triadic

#42D996 #9642D9 #D99642

tetradic

#42D996 #4A42D9 #D94285 #D1D942

square

#42D996 #4A42D9 #D94285 #D1D942

split-complementary

#42D996 #D942D1 #D94A42

monochromatic

#1B8656 #25B977 #42D996 #75E3B2 #A8EDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#42D996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D996

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D996	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.159 159.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6b5',
    500: '#42d996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d996;
$custom-light: #89e6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.377,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7902,
    "c": 0.15894,
    "h": 159.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D996

secondary

#8C335B

accent

#3E8AE9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D996

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

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