#42C08C#42C08C

#42C08C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.135 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C08C
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 140)
HSL	hsl(155, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(155, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 27.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -46.83, 16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 49.58, 160.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.5% -0.1284 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(72.5% 0.135 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8274, 40.7482, 31.3099)
Luminance	0.4075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C08C #C04276

analogous

#42C04D #42C08C #42B5C0

triadic

#42C08C #8C42C0 #C08C42

tetradic

#42C08C #4D42C0 #C04276 #B5C042

square

#42C08C #4D42C0 #C04276 #B5C042

split-complementary

#42C08C #C042B5 #C04D42

monochromatic

#22664A #31946B #42C08C #70CFA8 #9EDFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#42C08C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#42C08C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C08C

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C08C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C08C	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB289

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA68F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c08c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.135 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84d4ad',
    500: '#42c08c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c08c;
$custom-light: #84d4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c08c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.238,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72499,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C08C

secondary

#CB93AA

accent

#4E88DA

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C08C

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

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