#42C09D#42C09D

#42C09D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.122 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C09D
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 157)
HSL	hsl(163, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 18.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -42.91, 7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 43.58, 169.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.1204 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.122 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1791, 41.2889, 38.4289)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C09D #C04265

analogous

#42C05E #42C09D #42A4C0

triadic

#42C09D #9D42C0 #C09D42

tetradic

#42C09D #5E42C0 #C04265 #A4C042

square

#42C09D #5E42C0 #C04265 #A4C042

split-complementary

#42C09D #C042A4 #C05E42

monochromatic

#226653 #319478 #42C09D #70CFB5 #9EDFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42C09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#42C09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C09D

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C09D	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB49B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A79F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.122 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4b9',
    500: '#42c09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c09d;
$custom-light: #85d4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.333,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72934,
    "c": 0.12198,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C09D

secondary

#CB93A2

accent

#4E75DA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C09D

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

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