#42C398#42C398

#42C398 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.129 H 166.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C398
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 152)
HSL	hsl(160, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(160, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 22.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, -45.38, 11.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 46.80, 165.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.1259 0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.129 166.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4264, 42.4525, 36.4484)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C398 #C3426D

analogous

#42C357 #42C398 #42ADC3

triadic

#42C398 #9842C3 #C39842

tetradic

#42C398 #5742C3 #C3426D #ADC342

square

#42C398 #5742C3 #C3426D #ADC342

split-complementary

#42C398 #C342AD #C35742

monochromatic

#216951 #309875 #42C398 #70D2B1 #9FE0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42C398 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#42C398 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C398

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C398	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C398	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c398;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.129 166.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6b6',
    500: '#42c398',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c398;
$custom-light: #85d6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c398",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73553,
    "c": 0.12925,
    "h": 166.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C398

secondary

#CD94A7

accent

#4D7CDB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C398

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

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