#42DC96#42DC96

#42DC96 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.163 H 159.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42DC96
RGB	rgb(66, 220, 150)
HSL	hsl(153, 69%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(153, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(70%, 0%, 31.8%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -55.89, 23.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 60.47, 157.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.1519 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.163 159)
XYZ	xyz(33.3417, 54.5429, 37.6189)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42DC96 #DC4288

analogous

#42DC49 #42DC96 #42D5DC

triadic

#42DC96 #9642DC #DC9642

tetradic

#42DC96 #4942DC #DC4288 #D5DC42

square

#42DC96 #4942DC #DC4288 #D5DC42

split-complementary

#42DC96 #DC42D5 #DC4942

monochromatic

#1A8A57 #23BE77 #42DC96 #76E6B3 #A9EFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#42DC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#42DC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42DC96

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42DC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42DC96	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DACB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BD9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42dc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 220, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.163 159.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89e8b5',
    500: '#42dc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42dc96;
$custom-light: #89e8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42dc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.727,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7977,
    "c": 0.16277,
    "h": 159
  },
  "luminance": 0.54547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42DC96

secondary

#90325D

accent

#3C8CEC

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F4FDF8

border

#CED5D1

text

#0D1611

muted

#7F8481

Preview Lab

Preview with #42DC96

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

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