#42C190#42C190

#42C190 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.133 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C190
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 144)
HSL	hsl(157, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(157, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 25.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -46.36, 14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 48.62, 162.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.1276 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.133 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3481, 41.3089, 32.9650)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C190 #C14273

analogous

#42C150 #42C190 #42B3C1

triadic

#42C190 #9042C1 #C19042

tetradic

#42C190 #5042C1 #C14273 #B3C142

square

#42C190 #5042C1 #C14273 #B3C142

split-complementary

#42C190 #C142B3 #C15042

monochromatic

#22674C #31956E #42C190 #70D0AB #9EDFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42C190 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#42C190 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C190

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C190	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C190	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB38D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA793

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c190;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.133 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4b0',
    500: '#42c190',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c190;
$custom-light: #85d4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c190",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.85,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72848,
    "c": 0.13296,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C190

secondary

#CC93A9

accent

#4E84DA

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C190

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

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