#42C790#42C790

#42C790 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.141 H 161.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C790
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 144)
HSL	hsl(155, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(155, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 27.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -48.83, 17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 51.79, 160.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.36% -0.1337 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(74.36% 0.141 161.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7014, 44.0157, 33.4161)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C790 #C74279

analogous

#42C74E #42C790 #42BCC7

triadic

#42C790 #9042C7 #C79042

tetradic

#42C790 #4E42C7 #C74279 #BCC742

square

#42C790 #4E42C7 #C74279 #BCC742

split-complementary

#42C790 #C742BC #C74E42

monochromatic

#216E4E #2F9D6F #42C790 #71D5AC #A0E3C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42C790 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#42C790 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C790

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C790	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C790	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)

#C4B98D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c790;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.141 161.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b0',
    500: '#42c790',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c790;
$custom-light: #86d9b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c790",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 155.188,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74362,
    "c": 0.14076,
    "h": 161.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C790

secondary

#D095AD

accent

#4A87DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF5

border

#CBD3CF

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C790

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

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