#42C19B#42C19B

#42C19B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.125 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C19B
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 155)
HSL	hsl(162, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 19.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -43.82, 9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 44.74, 168.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.1224 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.125 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2301, 41.6618, 37.6104)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C19B #C14268

analogous

#42C15B #42C19B #42A8C1

triadic

#42C19B #9B42C1 #C19B42

tetradic

#42C19B #5B42C1 #C14268 #A8C142

square

#42C19B #5B42C1 #C14268 #A8C142

split-complementary

#42C19B #C142A8 #C15B42

monochromatic

#226752 #319577 #42C19B #70D0B3 #9EDFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#42C19B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#42C19B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C19B

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C19B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C19B	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c19b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.125 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4b8',
    500: '#42c19b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c19b;
$custom-light: #85d4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c19b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.047,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7313,
    "c": 0.12457,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C19B

secondary

#CC93A4

accent

#4E78DA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C19B

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

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