#42C183#42C183

#42C183 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.144 H 158.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C183
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 131)
HSL	hsl(151, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(151, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 32.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -49.14, 21.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 53.55, 156.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.1337 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.144 158.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.4111, 40.9342, 28.0302)
Luminance	0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C183 #C14280

analogous

#42C143 #42C183 #42BFC1

triadic

#42C183 #8342C1 #C18342

tetradic

#42C183 #4342C1 #C14280 #BFC142

square

#42C183 #4342C1 #C14280 #BFC142

split-complementary

#42C183 #C142BF #C14342

monochromatic

#226745 #319564 #42C183 #70D0A1 #9EDFBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#42C183 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#42C183 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C183

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C183	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C183	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB37F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA787

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c183;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.144 158.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5a7',
    500: '#42c183',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c183;
$custom-light: #85d5a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c183",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.709,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72547,
    "c": 0.14409,
    "h": 158.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C183

secondary

#CC93AF

accent

#4E92DA

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C183

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

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