#42C58B#42C58B

#42C58B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.142 H 160.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C58B
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 139)
HSL	hsl(153, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(153, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 29.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -49.09, 18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 52.61, 158.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.134 0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.142 160.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8706, 42.9519, 31.2955)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C58B #C5427C

analogous

#42C54A #42C58B #42BEC5

triadic

#42C58B #8B42C5 #C58B42

tetradic

#42C58B #4A42C5 #C5427C #BEC542

square

#42C58B #4A42C5 #C5427C #BEC542

split-complementary

#42C58B #C542BE #C54A42

monochromatic

#216C4B #2F9A6B #42C58B #71D3A8 #A0E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42C58B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#42C58B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C58B

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C58B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C58B	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AA8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c58b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.142 160.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7ad',
    500: '#42c58b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c58b;
$custom-light: #85d7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c58b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.435,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73741,
    "c": 0.14239,
    "h": 160.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C58B

secondary

#CE95AE

accent

#4B8CDC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C58B

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

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