#42C396#42C396

#42C396 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.131 H 165.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C396
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 150)
HSL	hsl(159, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(159, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 23.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -45.84, 12.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 47.50, 164.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.1268 0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.131 165.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2640, 42.3875, 35.5930)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C396 #C3426F

analogous

#42C355 #42C396 #42AFC3

triadic

#42C396 #9642C3 #C39642

tetradic

#42C396 #5542C3 #C3426F #AFC342

square

#42C396 #5542C3 #C3426F #AFC342

split-complementary

#42C396 #C342AF #C35542

monochromatic

#216950 #309874 #42C396 #70D2B0 #9FE0CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C396 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#42C396 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C396

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C396	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C396	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB694

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c396;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.131 165.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6b5',
    500: '#42c396',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c396;
$custom-light: #85d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c396",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.07,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73501,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 165.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C396

secondary

#CD94A8

accent

#4D7EDB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C396

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

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