#42C689#42C689

#42C689 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.145 H 159.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C689
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 137)
HSL	hsl(152, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(152, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 30.8%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -49.92, 20.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 53.90, 157.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.136 0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.145 159.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9536, 43.3496, 30.6089)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C689 #C6427F

analogous

#42C647 #42C689 #42C1C6

triadic

#42C689 #8942C6 #C68942

tetradic

#42C689 #4742C6 #C6427F #C1C642

square

#42C689 #4742C6 #C6427F #C1C642

split-complementary

#42C689 #C642C1 #C64742

monochromatic

#216D4A #2F9C6A #42C689 #71D4A6 #A0E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#42C689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#42C689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C689

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C689	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AB8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.145 159.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85d8ab',
    500: '#42c689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c689;
$custom-light: #85d8ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.273,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73949,
    "c": 0.14545,
    "h": 159.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C689

secondary

#CF95B0

accent

#4B8EDD

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C689

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

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