#42C48E#42C48E

#42C48E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.139 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C48E
RGBrgb(66, 196, 142)
HSLhsl(155, 52%, 51%)
HSVhsv(155, 66%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(66.3%, 0%, 27.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(71.27, -48.04, 16.96)
CIE-LCHlch(71.27, 50.95, 160.55°)
OKLaboklab(73.56% -0.1316 0.0432)
OKLCHoklch(73.56% 0.139 161.8)
XYZxyz(26.8665, 42.5882, 32.3904)
Luminance0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C48E #C44278
analogous
#42C44D #42C48E #42B9C4
triadic
#42C48E #8E42C4 #C48E42
tetradic
#42C48E #4D42C4 #C44278 #B9C442
square
#42C48E #4D42C4 #C44278 #B9C442
split-complementary
#42C48E #C442B9 #C44D42
monochromatic
#216A4C #30996D #42C48E #71D3AA #9FE1C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21
#42C48E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52
#42C48E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C48E
9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C48E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C48E1.002.219.529.52
#FFFFFF2.211.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5221.001.001.00
##0000009.5221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1B68B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B0A991
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c48e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.139 161.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7af',
    500: '#42c48e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c48e;
$custom-light: #85d7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c48e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.077,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73558,
    "c": 0.13852,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C48E
secondary
#CE94AC
accent
#4C88DC
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C48E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#42C48E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva