#42C090#42C090

#42C090 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.132 H 164.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C090
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 144)
HSL	hsl(157, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(157, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 25%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -45.94, 14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 48.10, 162.80°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.1265 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.132 164)
XYZ	xyz(26.1277, 40.8683, 32.8916)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C090 #C04272

analogous

#42C051 #42C090 #42B1C0

triadic

#42C090 #9042C0 #C09042

tetradic

#42C090 #5142C0 #C04272 #B1C042

square

#42C090 #5142C0 #C04272 #B1C042

split-complementary

#42C090 #C042B1 #C05142

monochromatic

#22664C #31946E #42C090 #70CFAB #9EDFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42C090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#42C090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C090

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C090	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB38D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA693

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.132 164.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4b0',
    500: '#42c090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c090;
$custom-light: #85d4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.143,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72596,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 164
  },
  "luminance": 0.40871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C090

secondary

#CB93A8

accent

#4E83DA

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C090

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

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