#42C489#42C489

#42C489 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.143 H 159.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C489
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 137)
HSL	hsl(153, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(153, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 30.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -49.11, 19.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 52.84, 158.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.134 0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.143 159.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4995, 42.4414, 30.4575)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C489 #C4427D

analogous

#42C448 #42C489 #42BEC4

triadic

#42C489 #8942C4 #C48942

tetradic

#42C489 #4842C4 #C4427D #BEC442

square

#42C489 #4842C4 #C4427D #BEC442

split-complementary

#42C489 #C442BE #C44842

monochromatic

#216A49 #309969 #42C489 #71D3A6 #9FE1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42C489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#42C489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C489

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C489	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)

#C2B685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A98D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.143 159.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7ab',
    500: '#42c489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c489;
$custom-light: #85d7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.769,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73442,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 159.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C489

secondary

#CE94AE

accent

#4C8DDC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C489

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

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