#42C199#42C199

#42C199 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.126 H 168.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C199
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 153)
HSL	hsl(161, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 20.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -44.30, 10.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 45.42, 167.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.1233 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.126 168.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0635, 41.5951, 36.7332)
Luminance	0.4160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C199 #C1426A

analogous

#42C159 #42C199 #42AAC1

triadic

#42C199 #9942C1 #C19942

tetradic

#42C199 #5942C1 #C1426A #AAC142

square

#42C199 #5942C1 #C1426A #AAC142

split-complementary

#42C199 #C142AA #C15942

monochromatic

#226751 #319575 #42C199 #70D0B2 #9EDFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#42C199 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#42C199 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C199

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C199	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C199	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA79C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c199;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.126 168.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4b7',
    500: '#42c199',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c199;
$custom-light: #85d4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c199",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.102,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73077,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 168.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C199

secondary

#CC93A5

accent

#4E7ADA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C199

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

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