#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
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 149)
HSL	hsl(159, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(159, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 23.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -46.07, 12.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 47.86, 164.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.1273 0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.132 165.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1838, 42.3554, 35.1707)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42C395	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)

#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

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C395

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

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