#42C09A#42C09A

#42C09A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.124 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C09A
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 154)
HSL	hsl(162, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 19.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -43.63, 9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 44.57, 168.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.1218 0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.124 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9262, 41.1877, 37.0966)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C09A #C04268

analogous

#42C05B #42C09A #42A7C0

triadic

#42C09A #9A42C0 #C09A42

tetradic

#42C09A #5B42C0 #C04268 #A7C042

square

#42C09A #5B42C0 #C04268 #A7C042

split-complementary

#42C09A #C042A7 #C05B42

monochromatic

#226651 #319476 #42C09A #70CFB3 #9EDFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42C09A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#42C09A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C09A

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C09A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C09A	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA79D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c09a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.124 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4b7',
    500: '#42c09a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c09a;
$custom-light: #85d4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c09a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.905,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72852,
    "c": 0.12405,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C09A

secondary

#CB93A4

accent

#4E78DA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C09A

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

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