#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
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 140)
HSL	hsl(155, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(155, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 27.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -47.24, 16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 50.11, 160.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.1295 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.136 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0477, 41.1888, 31.3833)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42C18C	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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