#42C694#42C694

#42C694 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.136 H 163.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C694
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 148)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(157, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 25.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -47.54, 14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 49.79, 162.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.1308 0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.136 163.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7833, 43.6815, 34.9784)
Luminance	0.4369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C694 #C64274

analogous

#42C652 #42C694 #42B6C6

triadic

#42C694 #9442C6 #C69442

tetradic

#42C694 #5242C6 #C64274 #B6C642

square

#42C694 #5242C6 #C64274 #B6C642

split-complementary

#42C694 #C642B6 #C65242

monochromatic

#216D50 #2F9C73 #42C694 #71D4AF #A0E2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#42C694 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#42C694 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C694

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C694	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C694	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B891

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AB97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c694;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.136 163.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d8b3',
    500: '#42c694',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c694;
$custom-light: #86d8b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c694",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.273,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74206,
    "c": 0.13618,
    "h": 163.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C694

secondary

#CF95AB

accent

#4B82DD

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C694

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

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