#42C786#42C786

#42C786 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.149 H 157.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C786
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 134)
HSL	hsl(151, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(151, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 32.7%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -50.93, 22.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 55.59, 156.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.1384 0.0563)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.149 157.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9707, 43.7234, 29.5677)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C786 #C74283

analogous

#42C744 #42C786 #42C5C7

triadic

#42C786 #8642C7 #C78642

tetradic

#42C786 #4442C7 #C74283 #C5C742

square

#42C786 #4442C7 #C74283 #C5C742

split-complementary

#42C786 #C742C5 #C74442

monochromatic

#216E48 #2F9D67 #42C786 #71D5A4 #A0E3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C786 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#42C786 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C786

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C786	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C786	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)

#C5B882

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AC8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c786;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.149 157.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9a9',
    500: '#42c786',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c786;
$custom-light: #86d9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c786",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 150.677,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74137,
    "c": 0.14942,
    "h": 157.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C786

secondary

#D095B2

accent

#4A92DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C786

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

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