#42C595#42C595

#42C595 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.134 H 164.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C595
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 149)
HSL	hsl(158, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(158, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 24.4%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -46.90, 13.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 48.90, 163.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.1294 0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.134 164.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6349, 43.2577, 35.3211)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C595 #C54272

analogous

#42C554 #42C595 #42B4C5

triadic

#42C595 #9542C5 #C59542

tetradic

#42C595 #5442C5 #C54272 #B4C542

square

#42C595 #5442C5 #C54272 #B4C542

split-complementary

#42C595 #C542B4 #C55442

monochromatic

#216C50 #2F9A73 #42C595 #71D3AF #A0E2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C595 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#42C595 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C595

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C595	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C595	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B792

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c595;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.134 164.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7b4',
    500: '#42c595',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c595;
$custom-light: #86d7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c595",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.015,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73979,
    "c": 0.13411,
    "h": 164.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C595

secondary

#CE95AA

accent

#4B81DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C595

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

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