#42C48D#42C48D

#42C48D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.139 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C48D
RGBrgb(66, 196, 141)
HSLhsl(155, 52%, 51%)
HSVhsv(155, 66%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(66.3%, 0%, 28.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.25, -48.26, 17.47)
CIE-LCHlch(71.25, 51.32, 160.10°)
OKLaboklab(73.53% -0.1321 0.0445)
OKLCHoklch(73.53% 0.139 161.4)
XYZxyz(26.7917, 42.5583, 31.9967)
Luminance0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C48D #C44279
analogous
#42C44C #42C48D #42BAC4
triadic
#42C48D #8D42C4 #C48D42
tetradic
#42C48D #4C42C4 #C44279 #BAC442
square
#42C48D #4C42C4 #C44279 #BAC442
split-complementary
#42C48D #C442BA #C44C42
monochromatic
#216A4B #30996C #42C48D #71D3A9 #9FE1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21
#42C48D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51
#42C48D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C48D
9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C48D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C48D1.002.219.519.51
#FFFFFF2.211.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5121.001.001.00
##0000009.5121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1B68A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0A991
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c48d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.139 161.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7ae',
    500: '#42c48d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c48d;
$custom-light: #85d7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c48d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.615,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73534,
    "c": 0.13937,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C48D
secondary
#CE94AC
accent
#4C89DC
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

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#42C48D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva