#42C292#42C292

#42C292 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.133 H 164.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C292
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 146)
HSL	hsl(158, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(158, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 24.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, -46.33, 14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 48.42, 163.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.1277 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.133 164.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7241, 41.8142, 33.8511)
Luminance	0.4182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C292 #C24272

analogous

#42C252 #42C292 #42B2C2

triadic

#42C292 #9242C2 #C29242

tetradic

#42C292 #5242C2 #C24272 #B2C242

square

#42C292 #5242C2 #C24272 #B2C242

split-complementary

#42C292 #C242B2 #C25242

monochromatic

#22684E #319670 #42C292 #70D1AD #9FE0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C292 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#42C292 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C292

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C292	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C292	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)

#BEB48F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA895

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c292;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.133 164.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5b2',
    500: '#42c292',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c292;
$custom-light: #85d5b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c292",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.5,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7315,
    "c": 0.13263,
    "h": 164.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C292

secondary

#CC94A9

accent

#4D82DB

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF5

border

#CBD3CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C292

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

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