#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
RGBrgb(66, 193, 151)
HSLhsl(160, 51%, 51%)
HSVhsv(160, 66%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(65.8%, 0%, 21.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.55, -44.76, 11.09)
CIE-LCHlch(70.55, 46.12, 166.09°)
OKLaboklab(73.02% -0.1243 0.0284)
OKLCHoklch(73.02% 0.127 167.1)
XYZxyz(26.8997, 41.5296, 35.8705)
Luminance0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##42C1971.002.269.319.31
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.3121.001.001.00
##0000009.3121.001.001.00

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

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#42C197 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva