#42C18B#42C18B

#42C18B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.137 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C18B
RGBrgb(66, 193, 139)
HSLhsl(154, 51%, 51%)
HSVhsv(154, 66%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(65.8%, 0%, 28%, 24.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.29, -47.46, 17.20)
CIE-LCHlch(70.29, 50.48, 160.07°)
OKLaboklab(72.73% -0.1299 0.0438)
OKLCHoklch(72.73% 0.137 161.4)
XYZxyz(25.9744, 41.1595, 30.9968)
Luminance0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C18B #C14278
analogous
#42C14B #42C18B #42B8C1
triadic
#42C18B #8B42C1 #C18B42
tetradic
#42C18B #4B42C1 #C14278 #B8C142
square
#42C18B #4B42C1 #C14278 #B8C142
split-complementary
#42C18B #C142B8 #C14B42
monochromatic
#226749 #31956A #42C18B #70D0A7 #9EDFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#42C18B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23
#42C18B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C18B
9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C18B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C18B1.002.279.239.23
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2321.001.001.00
##0000009.2321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEB388
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ADA78E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c18b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.137 161.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4ad',
    500: '#42c18b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c18b;
$custom-light: #85d4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c18b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.488,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72728,
    "c": 0.13711,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C18B
secondary
#CC93AB
accent
#4E89DA
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C18B

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#42C18B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva