#42C294#42C294

#42C294 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.131 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C294
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 148)
HSL	hsl(158, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(158, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 23.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -45.88, 13.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 47.70, 164.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.1267 0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.131 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8810, 41.8770, 34.6776)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C294 #C24270

analogous

#42C254 #42C294 #42B0C2

triadic

#42C294 #9442C2 #C29442

tetradic

#42C294 #5442C2 #C24270 #B0C242

square

#42C294 #5442C2 #C24270 #B0C242

split-complementary

#42C294 #C242B0 #C25442

monochromatic

#22684F #319672 #42C294 #70D1AE #9FE0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C294 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#42C294 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C294

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C294	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C294	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB592

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c294;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.131 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5b3',
    500: '#42c294',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c294;
$custom-light: #85d5b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c294",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.438,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73199,
    "c": 0.13105,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C294

secondary

#CC94A8

accent

#4D80DB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C294

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

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