#42C182#42C182

#42C182 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.145 H 157.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C182
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 130)
HSL	hsl(150, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(150, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 32.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -49.35, 21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 53.94, 156.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.1341 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.145 157.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.3436, 40.9072, 27.6750)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C182 #C14281

analogous

#42C142 #42C182 #42C1C1

triadic

#42C182 #8242C1 #C18242

tetradic

#42C182 #4242C1 #C14281 #C1C142

square

#42C182 #4242C1 #C14281 #C1C142

split-complementary

#42C182 #C142C1 #C14242

monochromatic

#226745 #319563 #42C182 #70D0A0 #9EDFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42C182 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#42C182 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C182

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C182	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C182	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB27E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c182;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 130);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.145 157.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5a6',
    500: '#42c182',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c182;
$custom-light: #85d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c182",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 130
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.236,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72525,
    "c": 0.14499,
    "h": 157.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C182

secondary

#CC93AF

accent

#4E93DA

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C182

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

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