#42C18C#42C18C

#42C18C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.136 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C18C
RGBrgb(66, 193, 140)
HSLhsl(155, 51%, 51%)
HSVhsv(155, 66%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(65.8%, 0%, 27.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.31, -47.24, 16.69)
CIE-LCHlch(70.31, 50.11, 160.54°)
OKLaboklab(72.75% -0.1295 0.0425)
OKLCHoklch(72.75% 0.136 161.8)
XYZxyz(26.0477, 41.1888, 31.3833)
Luminance0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C18C #C14277
analogous
#42C14C #42C18C #42B6C1
triadic
#42C18C #8C42C1 #C18C42
tetradic
#42C18C #4C42C1 #C14277 #B6C142
square
#42C18C #4C42C1 #C14277 #B6C142
split-complementary
#42C18C #C142B6 #C14C42
monochromatic
#22674A #31956B #42C18C #70D0A8 #9EDFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27
#42C18C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24
#42C18C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C18C
9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C18C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C18C1.002.279.249.24
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2421.001.001.00
##0000009.2421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEB389
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ADA78F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C1B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c18c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.136 161.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4ad',
    500: '#42c18c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c18c;
$custom-light: #85d4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c18c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.961,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72752,
    "c": 0.13627,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C18C
secondary
#CC93AB
accent
#4E88DA
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C18C

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#42C18C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva