#42D997#42D997

#42D997 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.158 H 160.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D997
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(154, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(154, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 30.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -54.52, 21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 58.55, 158.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% -0.1485 0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.158 160)
XYZ	xyz(32.6422, 53.0146, 37.7847)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D997 #D94284

analogous

#42D94B #42D997 #42CFD9

triadic

#42D997 #9742D9 #D99742

tetradic

#42D997 #4B42D9 #D94284 #CFD942

square

#42D997 #4B42D9 #D94284 #CFD942

split-complementary

#42D997 #D942CF #D94B42

monochromatic

#1B8657 #25B978 #42D997 #75E3B3 #A8EDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#42D997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D997

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D997	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)

#D6C993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.158 160.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6b6',
    500: '#42d997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d997;
$custom-light: #89e6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.775,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79042,
    "c": 0.15808,
    "h": 160
  },
  "luminance": 0.53018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D997

secondary

#8C335A

accent

#3E89E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D997

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

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