#42C586#42C586

#42C586 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.147 H 158.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C586
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 134)
HSL	hsl(151, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(151, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 32%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, -50.13, 21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 54.53, 156.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.1364 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.147 158.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.5136, 42.8091, 29.4153)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C586 #C54281

analogous

#42C545 #42C586 #42C3C5

triadic

#42C586 #8642C5 #C58642

tetradic

#42C586 #4542C5 #C54281 #C3C542

square

#42C586 #4542C5 #C54281 #C3C542

split-complementary

#42C586 #C542C3 #C54542

monochromatic

#216C48 #2F9A67 #42C586 #71D3A4 #A0E2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#42C586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#42C586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C586

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C586	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B682

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.147 158.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7a9',
    500: '#42c586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c586;
$custom-light: #85d7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.145,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73629,
    "c": 0.14676,
    "h": 158.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C586

secondary

#CE95B0

accent

#4B91DC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C586

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

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