#42C08A#42C08A

#42C08A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.137 H 161.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C08A
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 138)
HSL	hsl(154, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 28.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -47.27, 17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 50.33, 159.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% -0.1294 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.137 161.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.6813, 40.6897, 30.5403)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C08A #C04278

analogous

#42C04B #42C08A #42B7C0

triadic

#42C08A #8A42C0 #C08A42

tetradic

#42C08A #4B42C0 #C04278 #B7C042

square

#42C08A #4B42C0 #C04278 #B7C042

split-complementary

#42C08A #C042B7 #C04B42

monochromatic

#226649 #319469 #42C08A #70CFA6 #9EDFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42C08A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#42C08A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C08A

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C08A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C08A	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA68D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c08a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.137 161.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4ac',
    500: '#42c08a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c08a;
$custom-light: #84d4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c08a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.286,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72451,
    "c": 0.13664,
    "h": 161.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C08A

secondary

#CB93AB

accent

#4E8ADA

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C08A

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

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