#42C38D#42C38D

#42C38D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.138 H 161.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C38D
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 141)
HSL	hsl(155, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(155, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 27.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.95, -47.85, 17.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.95, 50.79, 160.40°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.131 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.138 161.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5669, 42.1087, 31.9218)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C38D #C34278

analogous

#42C34C #42C38D #42B8C3

triadic

#42C38D #8D42C3 #C38D42

tetradic

#42C38D #4C42C3 #C34278 #B8C342

square

#42C38D #4C42C3 #C34278 #B8C342

split-complementary

#42C38D #C342B8 #C34C42

monochromatic

#21694B #30986C #42C38D #70D2A9 #9FE0C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42C38D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#42C38D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C38D

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C38D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C38D	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B58A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c38d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.138 161.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6ae',
    500: '#42c38d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c38d;
$custom-light: #85d6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c38d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.884,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73281,
    "c": 0.13805,
    "h": 161.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C38D

secondary

#CD94AC

accent

#4D88DB

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C38D

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

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