#42C584#42C584

#42C584 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.149 H 157.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C584
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 132)
HSL	hsl(150, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(150, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 33%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -50.54, 22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 55.30, 156.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.59% -0.1373 0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(73.59% 0.149 157.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3754, 42.7538, 28.6876)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C584 #C54283

analogous

#42C543 #42C584 #42C4C5

triadic

#42C584 #8442C5 #C58442

tetradic

#42C584 #4342C5 #C54283 #C4C542

square

#42C584 #4342C5 #C54283 #C4C542

split-complementary

#42C584 #C542C4 #C54342

monochromatic

#216C47 #2F9A65 #42C584 #71D3A2 #A0E2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42C584 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#42C584 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C584

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C584	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C584	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B680

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c584;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.149 157.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7a8',
    500: '#42c584',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c584;
$custom-light: #85d7a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c584",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.229,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73586,
    "c": 0.14854,
    "h": 157.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C584

secondary

#CE95B1

accent

#4B93DC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C584

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

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