#42C48B#42C48B

#42C48B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.141 H 160.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C48B
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 139)
HSL	hsl(154, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 29.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -48.69, 18.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 52.08, 159.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.133 0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.141 160.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6443, 42.4993, 31.2201)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C48B #C4427B

analogous

#42C44A #42C48B #42BCC4

triadic

#42C48B #8B42C4 #C48B42

tetradic

#42C48B #4A42C4 #C4427B #BCC442

square

#42C48B #4A42C4 #C4427B #BCC442

split-complementary

#42C48B #C442BC #C44A42

monochromatic

#216A4A #30996B #42C48B #71D3A8 #9FE1C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42C48B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#42C48B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C48B

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C48B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C48B	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A98F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c48b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.141 160.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7ad',
    500: '#42c48b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c48b;
$custom-light: #85d7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c48b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.692,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73488,
    "c": 0.14107,
    "h": 160.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C48B

secondary

#CE94AD

accent

#4C8BDC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C48B

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

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