#42C09B#42C09B

#42C09B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.123 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C09B
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 155)
HSL	hsl(162, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 19.3%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -43.39, 8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 44.24, 168.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.1214 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.123 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0098, 41.2211, 37.5370)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C09B #C04267

analogous

#42C05C #42C09B #42A6C0

triadic

#42C09B #9B42C0 #C09B42

tetradic

#42C09B #5C42C0 #C04267 #A6C042

square

#42C09B #5C42C0 #C04267 #A6C042

split-complementary

#42C09B #C042A6 #C05C42

monochromatic

#226652 #319477 #42C09B #70CFB3 #9EDFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42C09B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#42C09B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C09B

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C09B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C09B	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)

#BBB399

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c09b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.123 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4b8',
    500: '#42c09b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c09b;
$custom-light: #85d4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c09b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.381,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72879,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C09B

secondary

#CB93A3

accent

#4E77DA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C09B

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

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