#42C384#42C384

#42C384 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.146 H 158.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C384
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 132)
HSL	hsl(151, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(151, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 32.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, -49.74, 21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 54.23, 156.52°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.1353 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.146 158)
XYZ	xyz(25.9243, 41.8516, 28.5373)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C384 #C34281

analogous

#42C343 #42C384 #42C1C3

triadic

#42C384 #8442C3 #C38442

tetradic

#42C384 #4342C3 #C34281 #C1C342

square

#42C384 #4342C3 #C34281 #C1C342

split-complementary

#42C384 #C342C1 #C34342

monochromatic

#216946 #309865 #42C384 #70D2A2 #9FE0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C384 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#42C384 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C384

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C384	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C384	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B480

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c384;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.146 158.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6a8',
    500: '#42c384',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c384;
$custom-light: #85d6a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c384",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.698,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73077,
    "c": 0.14587,
    "h": 158
  },
  "luminance": 0.41854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C384

secondary

#CD94B0

accent

#4D92DB

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C384

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

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