#42C197#42C197

#42C197 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.127 H 167.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C197
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 151)
HSL	hsl(160, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 21.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -44.76, 11.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 46.12, 166.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.1243 0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.127 167.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8997, 41.5296, 35.8705)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C197 #C1426C

analogous

#42C157 #42C197 #42ACC1

triadic

#42C197 #9742C1 #C19742

tetradic

#42C197 #5742C1 #C1426C #ACC142

square

#42C197 #5742C1 #C1426C #ACC142

split-complementary

#42C197 #C142AC #C15742

monochromatic

#226750 #319574 #42C197 #70D0B0 #9EDFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42C197 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#42C197 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C197

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C197	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C197	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c197;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.127 167.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4b5',
    500: '#42c197',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c197;
$custom-light: #85d4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c197",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.157,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73024,
    "c": 0.12749,
    "h": 167.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C197

secondary

#CC93A6

accent

#4E7CDA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C197

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

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