#42C488#42C488

#42C488 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.144 H 159.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C488
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 136)
HSL	hsl(152, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(152, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 30.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, -49.32, 20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 53.22, 157.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.1344 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.144 159.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4281, 42.4128, 30.0815)
Luminance	0.4242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C488 #C4427E

analogous

#42C447 #42C488 #42BFC4

triadic

#42C488 #8842C4 #C48842

tetradic

#42C488 #4742C4 #C4427E #BFC442

square

#42C488 #4742C4 #C4427E #BFC442

split-complementary

#42C488 #C442BF #C44742

monochromatic

#216A49 #309968 #42C488 #71D3A5 #9FE1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42C488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#42C488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C488

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C488	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#C2B584

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A98C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.144 159.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7ab',
    500: '#42c488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c488;
$custom-light: #85d7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.308,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7342,
    "c": 0.14367,
    "h": 159.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C488

secondary

#CE94AF

accent

#4C8EDC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C488

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

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