#42C697#42C697

#42C697 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.134 H 165.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C697
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 151)
HSL	hsl(159, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(159, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 23.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, -46.87, 13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 48.70, 164.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.28% -0.1294 0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(74.28% 0.134 165.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0238, 43.7777, 36.2452)
Luminance	0.4378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C697 #C64271

analogous

#42C655 #42C697 #42B3C6

triadic

#42C697 #9742C6 #C69742

tetradic

#42C697 #5542C6 #C64271 #B3C642

square

#42C697 #5542C6 #C64271 #B3C642

split-complementary

#42C697 #C642B3 #C65542

monochromatic

#216D52 #2F9C75 #42C697 #71D4B1 #A0E2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#42C697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C697

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C697	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2B894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0AB9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.134 165.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d8b5',
    500: '#42c697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c697;
$custom-light: #86d8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 158.636,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7428,
    "c": 0.13381,
    "h": 165.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C697

secondary

#CF95AA

accent

#4B7FDD

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C697

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

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