#42C686#42C686

#42C686 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.148 H 158.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C686
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 134)
HSL	hsl(151, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(151, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 32.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -50.53, 21.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 55.06, 156.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.88% -0.1374 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(73.88% 0.148 158.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7414, 43.2647, 29.4913)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C686 #C64282

analogous

#42C644 #42C686 #42C4C6

triadic

#42C686 #8642C6 #C68642

tetradic

#42C686 #4442C6 #C64282 #C4C642

square

#42C686 #4442C6 #C64282 #C4C642

split-complementary

#42C686 #C642C4 #C64442

monochromatic

#216D48 #2F9C67 #42C686 #71D4A4 #A0E2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#42C686 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#42C686 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C686

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C686	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C686	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)

#C4B782

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c686;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.148 158.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8a9',
    500: '#42c686',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c686;
$custom-light: #85d8a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c686",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.909,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73883,
    "c": 0.14809,
    "h": 158.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C686

secondary

#CF95B1

accent

#4B92DD

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C686

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

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