#42C392#42C392

#42C392 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.134 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C392
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 146)
HSL	hsl(157, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(157, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 25.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, -46.75, 14.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 48.94, 162.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.1287 0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.134 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9474, 42.2609, 33.9256)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C392 #C34273

analogous

#42C351 #42C392 #42B3C3

triadic

#42C392 #9242C3 #C39242

tetradic

#42C392 #5142C3 #C34273 #B3C342

square

#42C392 #5142C3 #C34273 #B3C342

split-complementary

#42C392 #C342B3 #C35142

monochromatic

#21694E #309870 #42C392 #70D2AD #9FE0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C392 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#42C392 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C392

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C392	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C392	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB58F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA995

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c392;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.134 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6b2',
    500: '#42c392',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c392;
$custom-light: #85d6b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c392",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.209,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73402,
    "c": 0.13393,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C392

secondary

#CD94AA

accent

#4D83DB

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF5

border

#CBD3CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C392

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

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