#42DB99#42DB99

#42DB99 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.159 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DB99
RGB	rgb(66, 219, 153)
HSL	hsl(154, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(154, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.9%, 0%, 30.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.53, -54.89, 21.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.53, 58.83, 158.91°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.1496 0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.159 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3247, 54.1174, 38.8202)
Luminance	0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DB99 #DB4284

analogous

#42DB4C #42DB99 #42D0DB

triadic

#42DB99 #9942DB #DB9942

tetradic

#42DB99 #4C42DB #DB4284 #D0DB42

square

#42DB99 #4C42DB #DB4284 #D0DB42

split-complementary

#42DB99 #DB42D0 #DB4C42

monochromatic

#1A8959 #24BC7A #42DB99 #75E5B5 #A9EFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#42DB99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#42DB99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DB99

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DB99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DB99	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8CB95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5BD9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42db99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 219, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.159 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e7b7',
    500: '#42db99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42db99;
$custom-light: #89e7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42db99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.118,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79586,
    "c": 0.15895,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DB99

secondary

#8F335A

accent

#3D88EB

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DB99

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

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