#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
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 139)
HSL	hsl(154, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 28%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -47.46, 17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 50.48, 160.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.1299 0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.137 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9744, 41.1595, 30.9968)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42C18B	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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