#42C28B#42C28B

#42C28B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.138 H 161.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C28B
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 139)
HSL	hsl(154, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 28.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -47.87, 17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 51.02, 159.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.131 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.138 161.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1962, 41.6031, 31.0707)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C28B #C24279

analogous

#42C24B #42C28B #42B9C2

triadic

#42C28B #8B42C2 #C28B42

tetradic

#42C28B #4B42C2 #C24279 #B9C242

square

#42C28B #4B42C2 #C24279 #B9C242

split-complementary

#42C28B #C242B9 #C24B42

monochromatic

#22684A #31966B #42C28B #70D1A7 #9FE0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#42C28B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#42C28B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C28B

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C28B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C28B	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA88F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c28b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.138 161.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5ad',
    500: '#42c28b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c28b;
$custom-light: #85d5ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c28b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.219,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72981,
    "c": 0.13843,
    "h": 161.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C28B

secondary

#CC94AC

accent

#4D8ADB

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C28B

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

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