#42C495#42C495

#42C495 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.133 H 165.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C495
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 149)
HSL	hsl(158, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(158, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 24%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -46.49, 13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 48.38, 163.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% -0.1283 0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.133 165)
XYZ	xyz(27.4086, 42.8050, 35.2457)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C495 #C44271

analogous

#42C454 #42C495 #42B2C4

triadic

#42C495 #9542C4 #C49542

tetradic

#42C495 #5442C4 #C44271 #B2C442

square

#42C495 #5442C4 #C44271 #B2C442

split-complementary

#42C495 #C442B2 #C45442

monochromatic

#216A50 #309973 #42C495 #71D3AF #9FE1C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42C495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#42C495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C495

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C495	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.133 165.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7b4',
    500: '#42c495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c495;
$custom-light: #85d7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.308,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73728,
    "c": 0.13283,
    "h": 165
  },
  "luminance": 0.42808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C495

secondary

#CE94A9

accent

#4C80DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C495

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

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