#42C49D#42C49D

#42C49D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.127 H 169.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C49D
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 157)
HSL	hsl(162, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 19.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -44.63, 9.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 45.59, 168.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.1246 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.127 169.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0694, 43.0693, 38.7257)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C49D #C44269

analogous

#42C45C #42C49D #42AAC4

triadic

#42C49D #9D42C4 #C49D42

tetradic

#42C49D #5C42C4 #C44269 #AAC442

square

#42C49D #5C42C4 #C44269 #AAC442

split-complementary

#42C49D #C442AA #C45C42

monochromatic

#216A54 #309979 #42C49D #71D3B5 #9FE1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#42C49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C49D

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C49D	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAAA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.127 169.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6ba',
    500: '#42c49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c49d;
$custom-light: #86d6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73934,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 169.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C49D

secondary

#CE94A5

accent

#4C77DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C49D

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

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