#42C49A#42C49A

#42C49A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.129 H 167.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C49A
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 154)
HSL	hsl(161, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 21.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, -45.34, 10.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 46.62, 166.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.126 0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.129 167.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8164, 42.9682, 37.3933)
Luminance	0.4297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C49A #C4426C

analogous

#42C459 #42C49A #42ADC4

triadic

#42C49A #9A42C4 #C49A42

tetradic

#42C49A #5942C4 #C4426C #ADC442

square

#42C49A #5942C4 #C4426C #ADC442

split-complementary

#42C49A #C442AD #C45942

monochromatic

#216A53 #309977 #42C49A #71D3B3 #9FE1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42C49A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#42C49A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C49A

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C49A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C49A	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEAA9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c49a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.129 167.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7b7',
    500: '#42c49a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c49a;
$custom-light: #85d7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c49a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.615,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73855,
    "c": 0.12902,
    "h": 167.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C49A

secondary

#CE94A7

accent

#4C7ADC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C49A

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

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