#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
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 141)
HSL	hsl(155, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(155, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 28.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -48.26, 17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 51.32, 160.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.1321 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.139 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7917, 42.5583, 31.9967)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42C48D	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)

#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

Preview with #42C48D

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

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