#42C685#42C685

#42C685 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.149 H 157.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C685
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 133)
HSL	hsl(150, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(150, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 32.8%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -50.74, 22.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 55.45, 156.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.1379 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.149 157.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6720, 43.2370, 29.1257)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C685 #C64283

analogous

#42C643 #42C685 #42C5C6

triadic

#42C685 #8542C6 #C68542

tetradic

#42C685 #4342C6 #C64283 #C5C642

square

#42C685 #4342C6 #C64283 #C5C642

split-complementary

#42C685 #C642C5 #C64342

monochromatic

#216D47 #2F9C66 #42C685 #71D4A3 #A0E2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#42C685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C685

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C685	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)

#C4B781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.149 157.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8a9',
    500: '#42c685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c685;
$custom-light: #85d8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.455,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73862,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 157.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C685

secondary

#CF95B1

accent

#4B93DD

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C150F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C685

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

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