#42C09C#42C09C

#42C09C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.123 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C09C
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 156)
HSL	hsl(163, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 18.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -43.15, 8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 43.90, 169.37°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.1209 0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.123 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.0941, 41.2549, 37.9811)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C09C #C04266

analogous

#42C05D #42C09C #42A5C0

triadic

#42C09C #9C42C0 #C09C42

tetradic

#42C09C #5D42C0 #C04266 #A5C042

square

#42C09C #5D42C0 #C04266 #A5C042

split-complementary

#42C09C #C042A5 #C05D42

monochromatic

#226652 #319477 #42C09C #70CFB4 #9EDFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42C09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#42C09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C09C

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C09C	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A79E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.123 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4b9',
    500: '#42c09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c09c;
$custom-light: #85d4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72906,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C09C

secondary

#CB93A3

accent

#4E76DA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C09C

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

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