#42D99E#42D99E

#42D99E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.152 H 162.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D99E
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 158)
HSL	hsl(157, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 27.2%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -53.04, 17.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 55.96, 161.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.1453 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.152 162.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2277, 53.2488, 40.8680)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D99E #D9427D

analogous

#42D952 #42D99E #42C9D9

triadic

#42D99E #9E42D9 #D99E42

tetradic

#42D99E #5242D9 #D9427D #C9D942

square

#42D99E #5242D9 #D9427D #C9D942

split-complementary

#42D99E #D942C9 #D95242

monochromatic

#1B865C #25B97F #42D99E #75E3B8 #A8EDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#42D99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D99E

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D99E	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C99B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BBA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.152 162.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6ba',
    500: '#42d99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d99e;
$custom-light: #89e6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.556,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79201,
    "c": 0.15226,
    "h": 162.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D99E

secondary

#8C3356

accent

#3E81E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D99E

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

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