#42C19F#42C19F

#42C19F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.122 H 171.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C19F
RGB	rgb(66, 193, 159)
HSL	hsl(164, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 0%, 17.6%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -42.86, 7.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 43.43, 170.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.1205 0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.122 171.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5716, 41.7984, 39.4090)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C19F #C14264

analogous

#42C15F #42C19F #42A3C1

triadic

#42C19F #9F42C1 #C19F42

tetradic

#42C19F #5F42C1 #C14264 #A3C142

square

#42C19F #5F42C1 #C14264 #A3C142

split-complementary

#42C19F #C142A3 #C15F42

monochromatic

#226754 #31957A #42C19F #70D0B6 #9EDFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C19F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#42C19F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C19F

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C19F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C19F	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBB59D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA8A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c19f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 193, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.122 171.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d4bb',
    500: '#42c19f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c19f;
$custom-light: #85d4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c19f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.937,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73238,
    "c": 0.12186,
    "h": 171.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C19F

secondary

#CC93A2

accent

#4E73DA

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C19F

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

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