#42C187#42C187

#42C187 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.141 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C187
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 135)
HSL	hsl(153, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(153, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 30.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -48.31, 19.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 52.00, 158.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.1318 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.141 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.6874, 41.0447, 29.4856)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C187 #C1427C

analogous

#42C147 #42C187 #42BCC1

triadic

#42C187 #8742C1 #C18742

tetradic

#42C187 #4742C1 #C1427C #BCC142

square

#42C187 #4742C1 #C1427C #BCC142

split-complementary

#42C187 #C142BC #C14742

monochromatic

#226747 #319567 #42C187 #70D0A4 #9EDFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42C187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#42C187 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C187

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C187	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB384

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA78B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.141 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4aa',
    500: '#42c187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c187;
$custom-light: #85d4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.598,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72636,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C187

secondary

#CC93AD

accent

#4E8EDA

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C187

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

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