#42C486#42C486

#42C486 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.145 H 158.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C486
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 134)
HSL	hsl(151, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(151, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 31.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -49.73, 21.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 53.99, 157.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.1353 0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.145 158.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2873, 42.3565, 29.3399)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C486 #C44280

analogous

#42C445 #42C486 #42C1C4

triadic

#42C486 #8642C4 #C48642

tetradic

#42C486 #4542C4 #C44280 #C1C442

square

#42C486 #4542C4 #C44280 #C1C442

split-complementary

#42C486 #C442C1 #C44542

monochromatic

#216A47 #309967 #42C486 #71D3A4 #9FE1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#42C486 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#42C486 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C486

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C486	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C486	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)

#C2B582

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A98A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c486;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.145 158.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7a9',
    500: '#42c486',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c486;
$custom-light: #85d7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c486",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.385,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73375,
    "c": 0.14543,
    "h": 158.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C486

secondary

#CE94B0

accent

#4C91DC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C486

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

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