#42C49F#42C49F

#42C49F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.125 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C49F
RGB	rgb(66, 196, 159)
HSL	hsl(163, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.3%, 0%, 18.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -44.15, 8.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 44.93, 169.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.1236 0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.125 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2415, 43.1382, 39.6323)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C49F #C44267

analogous

#42C45E #42C49F #42A8C4

triadic

#42C49F #9F42C4 #C49F42

tetradic

#42C49F #5E42C4 #C44267 #A8C442

square

#42C49F #5E42C4 #C44267 #A8C442

split-complementary

#42C49F #C442A8 #C45E42

monochromatic

#216A56 #30997B #42C49F #71D3B7 #9FE1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C49F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#42C49F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C49F

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C49F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C49F	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFB79D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADAAA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c49f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 196, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.125 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d6bb',
    500: '#42c49f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c49f;
$custom-light: #86d6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c49f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.923,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73988,
    "c": 0.12546,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C49F

secondary

#CE94A5

accent

#4C75DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C49F

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

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