#42C390#42C390

#42C390 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.136 H 163.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C390
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 144)
HSL	hsl(156, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(156, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 26.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -47.19, 15.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 49.68, 161.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.1296 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.136 163)
XYZ	xyz(26.7932, 42.1992, 33.1134)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C390 #C34275

analogous

#42C34F #42C390 #42B5C3

triadic

#42C390 #9042C3 #C39042

tetradic

#42C390 #4F42C3 #C34275 #B5C342

square

#42C390 #4F42C3 #C34275 #B5C342

split-complementary

#42C390 #C342B5 #C34F42

monochromatic

#21694D #30986F #42C390 #70D2AB #9FE0C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C390 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#42C390 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C390

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C390	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C390	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B58D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA993

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c390;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.136 163.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6b0',
    500: '#42c390',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c390;
$custom-light: #85d6b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c390",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.279,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73353,
    "c": 0.13555,
    "h": 163
  },
  "luminance": 0.42202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C390

secondary

#CD94AA

accent

#4D85DB

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C390

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

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