#42C385#42C385

#42C385 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.145 H 158.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C385
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 133)
HSL	hsl(151, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(151, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 31.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -49.54, 21.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 53.85, 156.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.1348 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.145 158.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9930, 41.8791, 28.8994)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C385 #C34280

analogous

#42C344 #42C385 #42C0C3

triadic

#42C385 #8542C3 #C38542

tetradic

#42C385 #4442C3 #C34280 #C0C342

square

#42C385 #4442C3 #C34280 #C0C342

split-complementary

#42C385 #C342C0 #C34442

monochromatic

#216947 #309866 #42C385 #70D2A3 #9FE0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#42C385 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#42C385 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C385

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C385	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C385	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)

#C1B481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c385;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.145 158.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6a8',
    500: '#42c385',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c385;
$custom-light: #85d6a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c385",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.163,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73099,
    "c": 0.14498,
    "h": 158.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C385

secondary

#CD94AF

accent

#4D91DB

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C385

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

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