#42C394#42C394

#42C394 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.132 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C394
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 148)
HSL	hsl(158, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(158, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 24.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.09, -46.30, 13.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.09, 48.22, 163.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% -0.1278 0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.132 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.1043, 42.3236, 34.7521)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C394 #C34271

analogous

#42C353 #42C394 #42B1C3

triadic

#42C394 #9442C3 #C39442

tetradic

#42C394 #5342C3 #C34271 #B1C342

square

#42C394 #5342C3 #C34271 #B1C342

split-complementary

#42C394 #C342B1 #C35342

monochromatic

#21694F #309872 #42C394 #70D2AE #9FE0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C394 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#42C394 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C394

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C394	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C394	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB591

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c394;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.132 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6b3',
    500: '#42c394',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c394;
$custom-light: #85d6b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c394",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.14,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73451,
    "c": 0.13234,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C394

secondary

#CD94A9

accent

#4D81DB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C394

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

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