#42C39B#42C39B

#42C39B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.127 H 168.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C39B
RGB	rgb(66, 195, 155)
HSL	hsl(161, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 0%, 20.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -44.68, 9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 45.76, 167.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.1245 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.127 168.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6752, 42.5520, 37.7588)
Luminance	0.4255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C39B #C3426A

analogous

#42C35A #42C39B #42AAC3

triadic

#42C39B #9B42C3 #C39B42

tetradic

#42C39B #5A42C3 #C3426A #AAC342

square

#42C39B #5A42C3 #C3426A #AAC342

split-complementary

#42C39B #C342AA #C35A42

monochromatic

#216953 #309878 #42C39B #70D2B4 #9FE0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42C39B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#42C39B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C39B

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C39B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C39B	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA99E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c39b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 195, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.127 168.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d6b8',
    500: '#42c39b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c39b;
$custom-light: #85d6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c39b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.395,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73631,
    "c": 0.12705,
    "h": 168.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C39B

secondary

#CD94A6

accent

#4D79DB

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C39B

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

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