#42C189#42C189

#42C189 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.139 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C189
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 137)
HSL	hsl(154, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 29%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -47.89, 18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 51.24, 159.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% -0.1309 0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.139 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8296, 41.1015, 30.2342)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C189 #C1427A

analogous

#42C149 #42C189 #42BAC1

triadic

#42C189 #8942C1 #C18942

tetradic

#42C189 #4942C1 #C1427A #BAC142

square

#42C189 #4942C1 #C1427A #BAC142

split-complementary

#42C189 #C142BA #C14942

monochromatic

#226748 #319569 #42C189 #70D0A6 #9EDFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#42C189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#42C189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C189

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C189	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)

#BFB386

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA78D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.139 160.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4ab',
    500: '#42c189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c189;
$custom-light: #85d4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.543,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72682,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C189

secondary

#CC93AC

accent

#4E8CDA

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C189

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

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