#42C09E#42C09E

#42C09E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.121 H 171.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C09E
RGB	rgb(66, 192, 158)
HSL	hsl(164, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 0%, 17.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -42.67, 7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 43.25, 170.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.12 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.121 171.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2649, 41.3232, 38.8804)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C09E #C04264

analogous

#42C05F #42C09E #42A3C0

triadic

#42C09E #9E42C0 #C09E42

tetradic

#42C09E #5F42C0 #C04264 #A3C042

square

#42C09E #5F42C0 #C04264 #A3C042

split-complementary

#42C09E #C042A3 #C05F42

monochromatic

#226653 #319479 #42C09E #70CFB6 #9EDFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42C09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#42C09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C09E

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C09E	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB49C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A7A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 192, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.121 171.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4ba',
    500: '#42c09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c09e;
$custom-light: #85d4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.81,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72961,
    "c": 0.12132,
    "h": 171.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C09E

secondary

#CB93A2

accent

#4E74DA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C09E

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

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