#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
RGBrgb(66, 219, 153)
HSLhsl(154, 68%, 56%)
HSVhsv(154, 70%, 86%)
CMYKcmyk(69.9%, 0%, 30.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LABlab(78.53, -54.89, 21.17)
CIE-LCHlch(78.53, 58.83, 158.91°)
OKLaboklab(79.59% -0.1496 0.0537)
OKLCHoklch(79.59% 0.159 160.3)
XYZxyz(33.3247, 54.1174, 38.8202)
Luminance0.5412 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42DB991.001.7811.8211.82
#FFFFFF1.781.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8221.001.001.00
##00000011.8221.001.001.00

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

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#42DB99 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva