#42C19E#42C19E

#42C19E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.123 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C19E
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 158)
HSL	hsl(163, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 18.1%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.71, -43.10, 7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.71, 43.75, 170.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.121 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.123 171)
XYZ	xyz(27.4852, 41.7638, 38.9538)
Luminance	0.4177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C19E #C14265

analogous

#42C15E #42C19E #42A4C1

triadic

#42C19E #9E42C1 #C19E42

tetradic

#42C19E #5E42C1 #C14265 #A4C142

square

#42C19E #5E42C1 #C14265 #A4C142

split-complementary

#42C19E #C142A4 #C15E42

monochromatic

#226754 #319579 #42C19E #70D0B6 #9EDFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#42C19E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#42C19E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C19E

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C19E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C19E	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB59C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c19e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.123 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4ba',
    500: '#42c19e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c19e;
$custom-light: #85d4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c19e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.465,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73211,
    "c": 0.12252,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.41767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C19E

secondary

#CC93A3

accent

#4E74DA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C19E

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

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