#42C19C#42C19C

#42C19C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.124 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C19C
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 156)
HSL	hsl(163, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 19.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.66, -43.58, 8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.66, 44.41, 168.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.1219 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.124 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3144, 41.6955, 38.0546)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C19C #C14267

analogous

#42C15C #42C19C #42A6C1

triadic

#42C19C #9C42C1 #C19C42

tetradic

#42C19C #5C42C1 #C14267 #A6C142

square

#42C19C #5C42C1 #C14267 #A6C142

split-complementary

#42C19C #C142A6 #C15C42

monochromatic

#226753 #319578 #42C19C #70D0B4 #9EDFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#42C19C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#42C19C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C19C

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C19C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C19C	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c19c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.124 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4b9',
    500: '#42c19c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c19c;
$custom-light: #85d4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c19c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.52,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73157,
    "c": 0.12388,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C19C

secondary

#CC93A4

accent

#4E77DA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C19C

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

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