#42C38B#42C38B

#42C38B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.140 H 160.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C38B
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 139)
HSL	hsl(154, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 28.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -48.28, 18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 51.55, 159.49°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.132 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.14 160.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.4195, 42.0497, 31.1452)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C38B #C3427A

analogous

#42C34A #42C38B #42BBC3

triadic

#42C38B #8B42C3 #C38B42

tetradic

#42C38B #4A42C3 #C3427A #BBC342

square

#42C38B #4A42C3 #C3427A #BBC342

split-complementary

#42C38B #C342BB #C34A42

monochromatic

#21694A #30986B #42C38B #70D2A8 #9FE0C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42C38B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#42C38B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C38B

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C38B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C38B	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)

#C0B588

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c38b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.140 160.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6ad',
    500: '#42c38b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c38b;
$custom-light: #85d6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c38b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.953,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73235,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 160.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C38B

secondary

#CD94AD

accent

#4D8ADB

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C38B

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

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