#42D99F#42D99F

#42D99F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.151 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D99F
RGB	rgb(66, 217, 159)
HSL	hsl(157, 67%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(157, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 0%, 26.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -52.82, 17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 55.59, 161.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.22% -0.1449 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(79.22% 0.151 163)
XYZ	xyz(33.3141, 53.2834, 41.3232)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D99F #D9427C

analogous

#42D953 #42D99F #42C7D9

triadic

#42D99F #9F42D9 #D99F42

tetradic

#42D99F #5342D9 #D9427C #C7D942

square

#42D99F #5342D9 #D9427C #C7D942

split-complementary

#42D99F #D942C7 #D95342

monochromatic

#1B865D #25B980 #42D99F #75E3B9 #A8EDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#42D99F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#42D99F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D99F

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D99F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D99F	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C99C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2BBA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d99f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 217, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.151 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6bb',
    500: '#42d99f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d99f;
$custom-light: #89e6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d99f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.954,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79224,
    "c": 0.15145,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.53287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D99F

secondary

#8C3355

accent

#3E80E9

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1612

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D99F

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

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