#42D99A#42D99A

#42D99A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.156 H 161.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D99A
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 154)
HSL	hsl(155, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(155, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 29%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.94, -53.89, 19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.94, 57.43, 159.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.1472 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.156 161.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8890, 53.1133, 39.0842)
Luminance	0.5312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D99A #D94281

analogous

#42D94E #42D99A #42CCD9

triadic

#42D99A #9A42D9 #D99A42

tetradic

#42D99A #4E42D9 #D94281 #CCD942

square

#42D99A #4E42D9 #D94281 #CCD942

split-complementary

#42D99A #D942CC #D94E42

monochromatic

#1B8659 #25B97B #42D99A #75E3B5 #A8EDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#42D99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#42D99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D99A

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D99A	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C996

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BB9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.156 161.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6b8',
    500: '#42d99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d99a;
$custom-light: #89e6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.967,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79109,
    "c": 0.15556,
    "h": 161.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D99A

secondary

#8C3358

accent

#3E86E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D99A

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

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