#42D998#42D998

#42D998 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.157 H 160.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D998
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 152)
HSL	hsl(154, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(154, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 30%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.90, -54.32, 20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.90, 58.17, 159.02°)
OKLab	oklab(79.06% -0.1481 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(79.06% 0.157 160.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.7238, 53.0473, 38.2142)
Luminance	0.5305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D998 #D94283

analogous

#42D94C #42D998 #42CFD9

triadic

#42D998 #9842D9 #D99842

tetradic

#42D998 #4C42D9 #D94283 #CFD942

square

#42D998 #4C42D9 #D94283 #CFD942

split-complementary

#42D998 #D942CF #D94C42

monochromatic

#1B8658 #25B979 #42D998 #75E3B4 #A8EDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#42D998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D998

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D998	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.157 160.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6b6',
    500: '#42d998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d998;
$custom-light: #89e6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.172,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79064,
    "c": 0.15724,
    "h": 160.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D998

secondary

#8C3359

accent

#3E88E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D998

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

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