#42C286#42C286

#42C286 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.143 H 159.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C286
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 134)
HSL	hsl(152, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(152, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 30.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.50, -48.93, 20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.50, 52.92, 157.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.1333 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.143 159)
XYZ	xyz(25.8392, 41.4603, 29.1905)
Luminance	0.4146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C286 #C2427E

analogous

#42C246 #42C286 #42BEC2

triadic

#42C286 #8642C2 #C28642

tetradic

#42C286 #4642C2 #C2427E #BEC242

square

#42C286 #4642C2 #C2427E #BEC242

split-complementary

#42C286 #C242BE #C24642

monochromatic

#226847 #319667 #42C286 #70D1A4 #9FE0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#42C286 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#42C286 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C286

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C286	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C286	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)

#C0B482

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA88A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c286;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.143 159.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5a9',
    500: '#42c286',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c286;
$custom-light: #85d5a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c286",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.875,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72867,
    "c": 0.14277,
    "h": 159
  },
  "luminance": 0.41463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C286

secondary

#CC94AE

accent

#4D8FDB

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C286

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

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