#42C78F#42C78F

#42C78F is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.142 H 161.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C78F
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 143)
HSL	hsl(155, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(155, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 28.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.22, -49.05, 17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.22, 52.16, 160.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.34% -0.1342 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(74.34% 0.142 161.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6253, 43.9852, 33.0154)
Luminance	0.4399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C78F #C7427A

analogous

#42C74D #42C78F #42BDC7

triadic

#42C78F #8F42C7 #C78F42

tetradic

#42C78F #4D42C7 #C7427A #BDC742

square

#42C78F #4D42C7 #C7427A #BDC742

split-complementary

#42C78F #C742BD #C74D42

monochromatic

#216E4D #2F9D6F #42C78F #71D5AB #A0E3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42C78F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#42C78F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C78F

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C78F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C78F	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B98C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3AC93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c78f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.142 161.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b0',
    500: '#42c78f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c78f;
$custom-light: #86d9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c78f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.737,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74339,
    "c": 0.14161,
    "h": 161.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C78F

secondary

#D095AE

accent

#4A88DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C78F

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

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