#42C590#42C590

#42C590 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.138 H 162.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C590
RGBrgb(66, 197, 144)
HSLhsl(156, 53%, 52%)
HSVhsv(156, 66%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(66.5%, 0%, 26.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(71.62, -48.02, 16.38)
CIE-LCHlch(71.62, 50.73, 161.17°)
OKLaboklab(73.86% -0.1317 0.0418)
OKLCHoklch(73.86% 0.138 162.4)
XYZxyz(27.2443, 43.1014, 33.2637)
Luminance0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C590 #C54277
analogous
#42C54F #42C590 #42B9C5
triadic
#42C590 #9042C5 #C59042
tetradic
#42C590 #4F42C5 #C54277 #B9C542
square
#42C590 #4F42C5 #C54277 #B9C542
split-complementary
#42C590 #C542B9 #C54F42
monochromatic
#216C4D #2F9A6F #42C590 #71D3AC #A0E2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18
#42C590 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62
#42C590 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C590
9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C590#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C5901.002.189.629.62
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6221.001.001.00
##0000009.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C2B78D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B1AA93
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C5B7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c590;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.138 162.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d7b0',
    500: '#42c590',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c590;
$custom-light: #85d7b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c590",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.725,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73858,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 162.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C590
secondary
#CE95AC
accent
#4B86DC
background
#F8FDFA
surface
#F0FAF4
border
#CBD3CE
text
#0C1410
muted
#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C590

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#42C590 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva