#42C78A#42C78A

#42C78A is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.146 H 159.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C78A
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 138)
HSL	hsl(152, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(152, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 30.7%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -50.11, 20.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 54.05, 157.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.1365 0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.146 159.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2550, 43.8371, 31.0649)
Luminance	0.4384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C78A #C7427F

analogous

#42C748 #42C78A #42C2C7

triadic

#42C78A #8A42C7 #C78A42

tetradic

#42C78A #4842C7 #C7427F #C2C742

square

#42C78A #4842C7 #C7427F #C2C742

split-complementary

#42C78A #C742C2 #C74842

monochromatic

#216E4B #2F9D6A #42C78A #71D5A7 #A0E3C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C78A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#42C78A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C78A

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C78A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C78A	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B886

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AC8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c78a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.146 159.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9ac',
    500: '#42c78a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c78a;
$custom-light: #86d9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c78a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.481,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74225,
    "c": 0.1459,
    "h": 159.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C78A

secondary

#D095B0

accent

#4A8EDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C78A

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

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