#42C29D#42C29D

#42C29D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.124 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C29D
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 157)
HSL	hsl(163, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 19.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -43.77, 8.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 44.58, 169.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.1225 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.124 170)
XYZ	xyz(27.6213, 42.1731, 38.5763)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C29D #C24267

analogous

#42C25D #42C29D #42A7C2

triadic

#42C29D #9D42C2 #C29D42

tetradic

#42C29D #5D42C2 #C24267 #A7C242

square

#42C29D #5D42C2 #C24267 #A7C242

split-complementary

#42C29D #C242A7 #C25D42

monochromatic

#226854 #319679 #42C29D #70D1B5 #9FE0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42C29D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#42C29D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C29D

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C29D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C29D	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB59B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA8A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c29d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.124 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5ba',
    500: '#42c29d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c29d;
$custom-light: #85d5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c29d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.656,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73434,
    "c": 0.12441,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.42176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C29D

secondary

#CC94A4

accent

#4D76DB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C29D

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

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