#42C29F#42C29F

#42C29F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.123 H 171.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C29F
RGB	rgb(66, 194, 159)
HSL	hsl(164, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66%, 0%, 18%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -43.29, 7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 43.92, 170.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.1216 0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.123 171.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7934, 42.2420, 39.4829)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C29F #C24265

analogous

#42C25F #42C29F #42A5C2

triadic

#42C29F #9F42C2 #C29F42

tetradic

#42C29F #5F42C2 #C24265 #A5C242

square

#42C29F #5F42C2 #C24265 #A5C242

split-complementary

#42C29F #C242A5 #C25F42

monochromatic

#226855 #31967A #42C29F #70D1B7 #9FE0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C29F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#42C29F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C29F

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C29F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C29F	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB59D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c29f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 194, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.123 171.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d5bb',
    500: '#42c29f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c29f;
$custom-light: #85d5bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c29f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.594,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73488,
    "c": 0.12305,
    "h": 171.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C29F

secondary

#CC94A3

accent

#4D74DB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C29F

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

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