#42C196#42C196

#42C196 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.128 H 166.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C196
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 150)
HSL	hsl(160, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 22.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -45.00, 11.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 46.47, 165.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.1248 0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.128 166.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.8189, 41.4973, 35.4446)
Luminance	0.4150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C196 #C1426D

analogous

#42C156 #42C196 #42ACC1

triadic

#42C196 #9642C1 #C19642

tetradic

#42C196 #5642C1 #C1426D #ACC142

square

#42C196 #5642C1 #C1426D #ACC142

split-complementary

#42C196 #C142AC #C15642

monochromatic

#22674F #319573 #42C196 #70D0B0 #9EDFC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42C196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#42C196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C196

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C196	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.128 166.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4b5',
    500: '#42c196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c196;
$custom-light: #85d4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.685,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72999,
    "c": 0.12824,
    "h": 166.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C196

secondary

#CC93A6

accent

#4E7DDA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C196

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

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