#42C59D#42C59D

#42C59D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.128 H 168.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C59D
RGB	rgb(66, 197, 157)
HSL	hsl(162, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 0%, 20.3%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -45.05, 9.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 46.10, 167.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.1256 0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.128 168.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.2957, 43.5220, 38.8011)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C59D #C5426A

analogous

#42C55C #42C59D #42ACC5

triadic

#42C59D #9D42C5 #C59D42

tetradic

#42C59D #5C42C5 #C5426A #ACC542

square

#42C59D #5C42C5 #C5426A #ACC542

split-complementary

#42C59D #C542AC #C55C42

monochromatic

#216C55 #2F9A7A #42C59D #71D3B5 #A0E2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#42C59D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#42C59D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C59D

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C59D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C59D	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEABA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c59d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 197, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.128 168.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d7ba',
    500: '#42c59d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c59d;
$custom-light: #86d7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c59d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.679,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74184,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 168.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C59D

secondary

#CE95A6

accent

#4B78DC

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C59D

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

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