#42C68E#42C68E

#42C68E is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.141 H 161.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C68E
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 142)
HSL	hsl(155, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(155, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 28.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -48.86, 17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 52.01, 159.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% -0.1337 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.141 161.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3206, 43.4964, 32.5418)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C68E #C6427A

analogous

#42C64C #42C68E #42BCC6

triadic

#42C68E #8E42C6 #C68E42

tetradic

#42C68E #4C42C6 #C6427A #BCC642

square

#42C68E #4C42C6 #C6427A #BCC642

split-complementary

#42C68E #C642BC #C64C42

monochromatic

#216D4D #2F9C6E #42C68E #71D4AA #A0E2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#42C68E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#42C68E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C68E

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C68E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C68E	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B88B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AB92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c68e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.141 161.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d8af',
    500: '#42c68e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c68e;
$custom-light: #86d8af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c68e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.545,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74063,
    "c": 0.14114,
    "h": 161.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C68E

secondary

#CF95AE

accent

#4B89DD

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C68E

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

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