#42C58E#42C58E

#42C58E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.140 H 161.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C58E
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 142)
HSL	hsl(155, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(155, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 27.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -48.45, 17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 51.48, 160.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.81% -0.1326 0.0443)
OKLCH	oklch(73.81% 0.14 161.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0928, 43.0408, 32.4658)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C58E #C54279

analogous

#42C54D #42C58E #42BBC5

triadic

#42C58E #8E42C5 #C58E42

tetradic

#42C58E #4D42C5 #C54279 #BBC542

square

#42C58E #4D42C5 #C54279 #BBC542

split-complementary

#42C58E #C542BB #C54D42

monochromatic

#216C4C #2F9A6D #42C58E #71D3AA #A0E2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#42C58E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#42C58E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C58E

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C58E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C58E	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B78B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AA92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c58e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.140 161.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7af',
    500: '#42c58e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c58e;
$custom-light: #85d7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c58e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.809,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7381,
    "c": 0.13983,
    "h": 161.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C58E

secondary

#CE95AD

accent

#4B88DC

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C58E

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

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