#42C08B#42C08B

#42C08B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.136 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C08B
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 139)
HSL	hsl(155, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(155, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 27.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -47.05, 16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 49.95, 160.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.1289 0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.136 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.7540, 40.7188, 30.9233)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C08B #C04277

analogous

#42C04C #42C08B #42B6C0

triadic

#42C08B #8B42C0 #C08B42

tetradic

#42C08B #4C42C0 #C04277 #B6C042

square

#42C08B #4C42C0 #C04277 #B6C042

split-complementary

#42C08B #C042B6 #C04C42

monochromatic

#226649 #31946A #42C08B #70CFA7 #9EDFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42C08B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#42C08B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C08B

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C08B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C08B	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)

#BDB288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA68E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c08b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.136 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4ad',
    500: '#42c08b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c08b;
$custom-light: #84d4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c08b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.762,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72475,
    "c": 0.13579,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C08B

secondary

#CB93AA

accent

#4E89DA

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C08B

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

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