#42C48C#42C48C

#42C48C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.140 H 161.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C48C
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 140)
HSL	hsl(154, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(154, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 28.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -48.47, 17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 51.70, 159.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.1325 0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.14 161)
XYZ	xyz(26.7177, 42.5287, 31.6067)
Luminance	0.4253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C48C #C4427A

analogous

#42C44B #42C48C #42BBC4

triadic

#42C48C #8C42C4 #C48C42

tetradic

#42C48C #4B42C4 #C4427A #BBC442

square

#42C48C #4B42C4 #C4427A #BBC442

split-complementary

#42C48C #C442BB #C44B42

monochromatic

#216A4B #30996C #42C48C #71D3A8 #9FE1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#42C48C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#42C48C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C48C

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C48C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C48C	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c48c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.140 161.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7ad',
    500: '#42c48c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c48c;
$custom-light: #85d7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c48c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73511,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 161
  },
  "luminance": 0.42532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C48C

secondary

#CE94AD

accent

#4C8ADC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C48C

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

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