#42DA99#42DA99

#42DA99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.158 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DA99
RGB	rgb(66, 218, 153)
HSL	hsl(154, 67%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(154, 70%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 29.8%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, -54.50, 20.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 58.31, 159.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.34% -0.1486 0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(79.34% 0.158 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0646, 53.5972, 38.7335)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DA99 #DA4283

analogous

#42DA4D #42DA99 #42CFDA

triadic

#42DA99 #9942DA #DA9942

tetradic

#42DA99 #4D42DA #DA4283 #CFDA42

square

#42DA99 #4D42DA #DA4283 #CFDA42

split-complementary

#42DA99 #DA42CF #DA4D42

monochromatic

#1A8759 #24BA7A #42DA99 #75E4B5 #A8EED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#42DA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#42DA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DA99

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DA99	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CA95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4BC9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42da99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 218, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.158 160.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e6b7',
    500: '#42da99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42da99;
$custom-light: #89e6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42da99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.342,
    "s": 67.257,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79336,
    "c": 0.15766,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DA99

secondary

#8D335A

accent

#3E87EA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FCF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DA99

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

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