#42C38F#42C38F

#42C38F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.136 H 162.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C38F
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 143)
HSL	hsl(156, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(156, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 26.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -47.41, 16.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 50.05, 161.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.1301 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.136 162.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7171, 42.1687, 32.7126)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C38F #C34276

analogous

#42C34E #42C38F #42B6C3

triadic

#42C38F #8F42C3 #C38F42

tetradic

#42C38F #4E42C3 #C34276 #B6C342

square

#42C38F #4E42C3 #C34276 #B6C342

split-complementary

#42C38F #C342B6 #C34E42

monochromatic

#21694C #30986E #42C38F #70D2AB #9FE0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#42C38F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#42C38F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C38F

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C38F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C38F	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B58C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA992

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c38f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.136 162.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6b0',
    500: '#42c38f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c38f;
$custom-light: #85d6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c38f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.814,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73329,
    "c": 0.13638,
    "h": 162.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C38F

secondary

#CD94AB

accent

#4D86DB

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C38F

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

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