#42C191#42C191

#42C191 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.132 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C191
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 145)
HSL	hsl(157, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(157, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 24.9%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -46.14, 14.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 48.26, 162.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.1271 0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.132 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.4248, 41.3397, 33.3693)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C191 #C14272

analogous

#42C151 #42C191 #42B1C1

triadic

#42C191 #9142C1 #C19142

tetradic

#42C191 #5142C1 #C14272 #B1C142

square

#42C191 #5142C1 #C14272 #B1C142

split-complementary

#42C191 #C142B1 #C15142

monochromatic

#22674D #31956F #42C191 #70D0AC #9EDFC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#42C191 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#42C191 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C191

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C191	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C191	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB48E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA794

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c191;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.132 164.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4b1',
    500: '#42c191',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c191;
$custom-light: #85d4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c191",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.323,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72873,
    "c": 0.13215,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C191

secondary

#CC93A9

accent

#4E83DA

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF5

border

#CBD3CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C191

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

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