#42C696#42C696

#42C696 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.135 H 164.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C696
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 150)
HSL	hsl(158, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(158, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 24.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -47.09, 13.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 49.06, 163.71°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.1299 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.135 164.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.9429, 43.7454, 35.8193)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C696 #C64272

analogous

#42C654 #42C696 #42B4C6

triadic

#42C696 #9642C6 #C69642

tetradic

#42C696 #5442C6 #C64272 #B4C642

square

#42C696 #5442C6 #C64272 #B4C642

split-complementary

#42C696 #C642B4 #C65442

monochromatic

#216D51 #2F9C74 #42C696 #71D4B0 #A0E2CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C696 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#42C696 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C696

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C696	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C696	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B893

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c696;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.135 164.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d8b5',
    500: '#42c696',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c696;
$custom-light: #86d8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c696",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.182,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74255,
    "c": 0.1346,
    "h": 164.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C696

secondary

#CF95AA

accent

#4B80DD

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C696

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

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