#42C491#42C491

#42C491 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.136 H 163.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C491
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 145)
HSL	hsl(156, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(156, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 26%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, -47.38, 15.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 49.84, 161.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.1302 0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.136 163.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0947, 42.6795, 33.5926)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C491 #C44275

analogous

#42C450 #42C491 #42B6C4

triadic

#42C491 #9142C4 #C49142

tetradic

#42C491 #5042C4 #C44275 #B6C442

square

#42C491 #5042C4 #C44275 #B6C442

split-complementary

#42C491 #C442B6 #C45042

monochromatic

#216A4E #309970 #42C491 #71D3AC #9FE1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42C491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#42C491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C491

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C491	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B68E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.136 163.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7b1',
    500: '#42c491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c491;
$custom-light: #85d7b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.462,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73629,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 163.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C491

secondary

#CE94AB

accent

#4C84DC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF5

border

#CBD3CF

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C491

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

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