#42C285#42C285

#42C285 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.144 H 158.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C285
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 133)
HSL	hsl(151, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(151, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 31.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -49.14, 20.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 53.31, 157.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.1338 0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.144 158.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7697, 41.4325, 28.8249)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C285 #C2427F

analogous

#42C245 #42C285 #42BFC2

triadic

#42C285 #8542C2 #C28542

tetradic

#42C285 #4542C2 #C2427F #BFC242

square

#42C285 #4542C2 #C2427F #BFC242

split-complementary

#42C285 #C242BF #C24542

monochromatic

#226846 #319666 #42C285 #70D1A3 #9FE0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42C285 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#42C285 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C285

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C285	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C285	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c285;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.144 158.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5a8',
    500: '#42c285',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c285;
$custom-light: #85d5a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c285",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.406,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72845,
    "c": 0.14365,
    "h": 158.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C285

secondary

#CC94AF

accent

#4D91DB

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C285

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

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