#42C690#42C690

#42C690 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.139 H 162.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C690
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 144)
HSL	hsl(155, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(155, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 27.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -48.43, 16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 51.26, 160.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.1327 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.139 162.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4721, 43.5570, 33.3397)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C690 #C64278

analogous

#42C64E #42C690 #42BAC6

triadic

#42C690 #9042C6 #C69042

tetradic

#42C690 #4E42C6 #C64278 #BAC642

square

#42C690 #4E42C6 #C64278 #BAC642

split-complementary

#42C690 #C642BA #C64E42

monochromatic

#216D4E #2F9C6F #42C690 #71D4AC #A0E2C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#42C690 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#42C690 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C690

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C690	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C690	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)

#C3B88D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AB93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c690;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.139 162.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d8b0',
    500: '#42c690',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c690;
$custom-light: #86d8b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c690",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.455,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7411,
    "c": 0.13947,
    "h": 162.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C690

secondary

#CF95AD

accent

#4B87DD

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C690

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

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