#42C49E#42C49E

#42C49E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.126 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C49E
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 158)
HSL	hsl(162, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 19.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -44.39, 8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 45.26, 168.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.1241 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.126 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.1551, 43.1036, 39.1771)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C49E #C44268

analogous

#42C45D #42C49E #42A9C4

triadic

#42C49E #9E42C4 #C49E42

tetradic

#42C49E #5D42C4 #C44268 #A9C442

square

#42C49E #5D42C4 #C44268 #A9C442

split-complementary

#42C49E #C442A9 #C45D42

monochromatic

#216A55 #30997A #42C49E #71D3B6 #9FE1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C49E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#42C49E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C49E

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C49E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C49E	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c49e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.126 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6ba',
    500: '#42c49e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c49e;
$custom-light: #86d6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c49e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.462,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73961,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C49E

secondary

#CE94A5

accent

#4C76DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C49E

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

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