#42C69B#42C69B

#42C69B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.131 H 167.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C69B
RGB	rgb(66, 198, 155)
HSL	hsl(160, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(160, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 0%, 21.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -45.95, 11.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 47.30, 166.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.1276 0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.131 167.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3542, 43.9099, 37.9851)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C69B #C6426D

analogous

#42C659 #42C69B #42AFC6

triadic

#42C69B #9B42C6 #C69B42

tetradic

#42C69B #5942C6 #C6426D #AFC642

square

#42C69B #5942C6 #C6426D #AFC642

split-complementary

#42C69B #C642AF #C65942

monochromatic

#216D54 #2F9C78 #42C69B #71D4B4 #A0E2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C69B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#42C69B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C69B

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C69B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C69B	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1B999

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFAC9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c69b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 198, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.131 167.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d8b8',
    500: '#42c69b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c69b;
$custom-light: #86d8b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c69b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.455,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74382,
    "c": 0.13077,
    "h": 167.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C69B

secondary

#CF95A8

accent

#4B7ADD

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C69B

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

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