#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
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 142)
HSL	hsl(155, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(155, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 27.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -48.04, 16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 50.95, 160.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% -0.1316 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.139 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8665, 42.5882, 32.3904)
Luminance	0.4259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42C48E	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

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.

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