#42C188#42C188

#42C188 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.140 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C188
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 136)
HSL	hsl(153, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(153, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 29.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -48.10, 18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 51.62, 158.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.1313 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.14 160.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.7582, 41.0730, 29.8582)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C188 #C1427B

analogous

#42C148 #42C188 #42BAC1

triadic

#42C188 #8842C1 #C18842

tetradic

#42C188 #4842C1 #C1427B #BAC142

square

#42C188 #4842C1 #C1427B #BAC142

split-complementary

#42C188 #C142BA #C14842

monochromatic

#226748 #319568 #42C188 #70D0A5 #9EDFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42C188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#42C188 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C188

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C188	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA78C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.140 160.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4ab',
    500: '#42c188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c188;
$custom-light: #85d4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.071,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72659,
    "c": 0.13968,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C188

secondary

#CC93AD

accent

#4E8DDA

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C188

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

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