#42C588#42C588

#42C588 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.145 H 159.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C588
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 136)
HSL	hsl(152, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(152, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 31%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -49.72, 20.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 53.76, 157.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.1354 0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.145 159.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6544, 42.8654, 30.1569)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C588 #C5427F

analogous

#42C547 #42C588 #42C1C5

triadic

#42C588 #8842C5 #C58842

tetradic

#42C588 #4742C5 #C5427F #C1C542

square

#42C588 #4742C5 #C5427F #C1C542

split-complementary

#42C588 #C542C1 #C54742

monochromatic

#216C49 #2F9A69 #42C588 #71D3A5 #A0E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42C588 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#42C588 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C588

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C588	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C588	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AA8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c588;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.145 159.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7ab',
    500: '#42c588',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c588;
$custom-light: #85d7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c588",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.061,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73673,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 159.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C588

secondary

#CE95AF

accent

#4B8FDC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C588

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

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