#42C78B#42C78B

#42C78B is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.145 H 159.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C78B
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 139)
HSL	hsl(153, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(153, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 30.2%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.14, -49.90, 19.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.14, 53.67, 158.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.1361 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.145 159.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3277, 43.8662, 31.4479)
Luminance	0.4387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C78B #C7427E

analogous

#42C748 #42C78B #42C1C7

triadic

#42C78B #8B42C7 #C78B42

tetradic

#42C78B #4842C7 #C7427E #C1C742

square

#42C78B #4842C7 #C7427E #C1C742

split-complementary

#42C78B #C742C1 #C74842

monochromatic

#216E4B #2F9D6B #42C78B #71D5A8 #A0E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C78B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#42C78B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C78B

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C78B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C78B	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)

#C5B887

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AC8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c78b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.145 159.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9ad',
    500: '#42c78b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c78b;
$custom-light: #86d9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c78b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 152.932,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74247,
    "c": 0.14502,
    "h": 159.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C78B

secondary

#D095B0

accent

#4A8DDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C78B

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

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