#42C490#42C490

#42C490 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.137 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C490
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 144)
HSL	hsl(156, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(156, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 26.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, -47.60, 15.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 50.20, 161.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.61% -0.1307 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(73.61% 0.137 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.0180, 42.6488, 33.1883)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C490 #C44276

analogous

#42C44F #42C490 #42B7C4

triadic

#42C490 #9042C4 #C49042

tetradic

#42C490 #4F42C4 #C44276 #B7C442

square

#42C490 #4F42C4 #C44276 #B7C442

split-complementary

#42C490 #C442B7 #C44F42

monochromatic

#216A4D #30996F #42C490 #71D3AB #9FE1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42C490 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#42C490 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C490

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C490	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C490	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B68D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AA93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c490;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.137 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7b0',
    500: '#42c490',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c490;
$custom-light: #85d7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c490",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73605,
    "c": 0.13685,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C490

secondary

#CE94AB

accent

#4C86DC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C490

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

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