#42C596#42C596

#42C596 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.133 H 165.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C596
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(158, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(158, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 23.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, -46.68, 13.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 48.54, 164.06°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.1289 0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.133 165.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7151, 43.2897, 35.7434)
Luminance	0.4329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C596 #C54271

analogous

#42C555 #42C596 #42B3C5

triadic

#42C596 #9642C5 #C59642

tetradic

#42C596 #5542C5 #C54271 #B3C542

square

#42C596 #5542C5 #C54271 #B3C542

split-complementary

#42C596 #C542B3 #C55542

monochromatic

#216C51 #2F9A74 #42C596 #71D3B0 #A0E2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#42C596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#42C596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C596

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C596	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.133 165.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7b5',
    500: '#42c596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c596;
$custom-light: #86d7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.473,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74004,
    "c": 0.13332,
    "h": 165.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C596

secondary

#CE95A9

accent

#4B7FDC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C596

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

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