#42C08D#42C08D

#42C08D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.134 H 162.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C08D
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 141)
HSL	hsl(156, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(156, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 26.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -46.61, 15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 49.20, 161.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.1279 0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.134 162.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.9015, 40.7778, 31.7000)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C08D #C04275

analogous

#42C04E #42C08D #42B4C0

triadic

#42C08D #8D42C0 #C08D42

tetradic

#42C08D #4E42C0 #C04275 #B4C042

square

#42C08D #4E42C0 #C04275 #B4C042

split-complementary

#42C08D #C042B4 #C04E42

monochromatic

#22664A #31946C #42C08D #70CFA9 #9EDFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42C08D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#42C08D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C08D

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C08D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C08D	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB28A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA690

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c08d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.134 162.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4ae',
    500: '#42c08d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c08d;
$custom-light: #85d4ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c08d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72522,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 162.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C08D

secondary

#CB93AA

accent

#4E87DA

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C08D

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

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