#42C299#42C299

#42C299 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.127 H 167.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C299
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(161, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 21.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -44.72, 10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 45.94, 166.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.1244 0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.127 167.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2853, 42.0388, 36.8071)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C299 #C2426B

analogous

#42C259 #42C299 #42ABC2

triadic

#42C299 #9942C2 #C29942

tetradic

#42C299 #5942C2 #C2426B #ABC242

square

#42C299 #5942C2 #C2426B #ABC242

split-complementary

#42C299 #C242AB #C25942

monochromatic

#226851 #319676 #42C299 #70D1B2 #9FE0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42C299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#42C299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C299

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C299	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA89C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.127 167.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5b7',
    500: '#42c299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c299;
$custom-light: #85d5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.781,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73328,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 167.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C299

secondary

#CC94A6

accent

#4D7ADB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C299

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

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