#42DB97#42DB97

#42DB97 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.161 H 159.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DB97
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 151)
HSL	hsl(153, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(153, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 31.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.49, -55.30, 22.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.49, 59.58, 158.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.1505 0.0561)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.161 159.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.1609, 54.0519, 37.9576)
Luminance	0.5406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DB97 #DB4286

analogous

#42DB4A #42DB97 #42D3DB

triadic

#42DB97 #9742DB #DB9742

tetradic

#42DB97 #4A42DB #DB4286 #D3DB42

square

#42DB97 #4A42DB #DB4286 #D3DB42

split-complementary

#42DB97 #DB42D3 #DB4A42

monochromatic

#1A8957 #24BC78 #42DB97 #75E5B3 #A9EFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#42DB97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.81

#42DB97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DB97

11.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DB97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DB97	1.00	1.78	11.81	11.81
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9CB93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BD9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42db97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.161 159.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e7b6',
    500: '#42db97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42db97;
$custom-light: #89e7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42db97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.333,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79542,
    "c": 0.16064,
    "h": 159.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.54056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DB97

secondary

#8F335B

accent

#3D8AEB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DB97

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

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