#42C395#42C395

#42C395 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.132 H 165.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C395
RGBrgb(66, 195, 149)
HSLhsl(159, 52%, 51%)
HSVhsv(159, 66%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(66.2%, 0%, 23.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(71.12, -46.07, 12.97)
CIE-LCHlch(71.12, 47.86, 164.27°)
OKLaboklab(73.48% -0.1273 0.0332)
OKLCHoklch(73.48% 0.132 165.4)
XYZxyz(27.1838, 42.3554, 35.1707)
Luminance0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C395 #C34270
analogous
#42C354 #42C395 #42B0C3
triadic
#42C395 #9542C3 #C39542
tetradic
#42C395 #5442C3 #C34270 #B0C342
square
#42C395 #5442C3 #C34270 #B0C342
split-complementary
#42C395 #C342B0 #C35442
monochromatic
#216950 #309873 #42C395 #70D2AF #9FE0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22
#42C395 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47
#42C395 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C395
9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C395#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C3951.002.229.479.47
#FFFFFF2.221.0021.0021.00
#0000009.4721.001.001.00
##0000009.4721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFB693
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AEA998
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c395;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.132 165.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6b4',
    500: '#42c395',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c395;
$custom-light: #85d6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c395",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.605,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73476,
    "c": 0.13155,
    "h": 165.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C395
secondary
#CD94A8
accent
#4D7FDB
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1411
muted
#7D8380

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#42C395 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva