#42C78C#42C78C

#42C78C is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.144 H 160.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C78C
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 140)
HSL	hsl(153, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(153, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 29.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -49.69, 19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 53.29, 158.82°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% -0.1356 0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.144 160.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4011, 43.8956, 31.8345)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C78C #C7427D

analogous

#42C749 #42C78C #42C0C7

triadic

#42C78C #8C42C7 #C78C42

tetradic

#42C78C #4942C7 #C7427D #C0C742

square

#42C78C #4942C7 #C7427D #C0C742

split-complementary

#42C78C #C742C0 #C74942

monochromatic

#216E4C #2F9D6C #42C78C #71D5A9 #A0E3C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#42C78C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#42C78C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C78C

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C78C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C78C	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)

#C5B889

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AC90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c78c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.144 160.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9ad',
    500: '#42c78c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c78c;
$custom-light: #86d9ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c78c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 153.383,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7427,
    "c": 0.14417,
    "h": 160.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C78C

secondary

#D095AF

accent

#4A8CDE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FBF4

border

#CBD4CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C78C

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

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