#42C48A#42C48A

#42C48A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.142 H 160.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C48A
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 138)
HSL	hsl(153, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(153, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 29.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -48.90, 18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 52.46, 158.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.1335 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.142 160.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5715, 42.4702, 30.8370)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C48A #C4427C

analogous

#42C449 #42C48A #42BDC4

triadic

#42C48A #8A42C4 #C48A42

tetradic

#42C48A #4942C4 #C4427C #BDC442

square

#42C48A #4942C4 #C4427C #BDC442

split-complementary

#42C48A #C442BD #C44942

monochromatic

#216A4A #30996A #42C48A #71D3A7 #9FE1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42C48A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#42C48A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C48A

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C48A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C48A	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)

#C2B687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A98E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c48a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.142 160.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7ac',
    500: '#42c48a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c48a;
$custom-light: #85d7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c48a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.231,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73465,
    "c": 0.14193,
    "h": 160.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C48A

secondary

#CE94AE

accent

#4C8CDC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C48A

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

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