#42C08E#42C08E

#42C08E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.133 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C08E
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 142)
HSL	hsl(156, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(156, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 26%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.04, -46.39, 15.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.04, 48.83, 161.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.1275 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.133 163)
XYZ	xyz(25.9762, 40.8077, 32.0936)
Luminance	0.4081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C08E #C04274

analogous

#42C04F #42C08E #42B3C0

triadic

#42C08E #8E42C0 #C08E42

tetradic

#42C08E #4F42C0 #C04274 #B3C042

square

#42C08E #4F42C0 #C04274 #B3C042

split-complementary

#42C08E #C042B3 #C04F42

monochromatic

#22664B #31946D #42C08E #70CFA9 #9EDFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42C08E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#42C08E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C08E

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C08E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C08E	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)

#BDB28B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA691

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c08e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.133 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4af',
    500: '#42c08e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c08e;
$custom-light: #85d4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c08e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.19,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72547,
    "c": 0.13329,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.40811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C08E

secondary

#CB93A9

accent

#4E86DA

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C08E

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

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