#42C792#42C792

#42C792 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.139 H 162.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C792
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 146)
HSL	hsl(156, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(156, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 26.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -48.40, 16.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 51.04, 161.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.1328 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.139 162.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8556, 44.0774, 34.2283)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C792 #C74277

analogous

#42C750 #42C792 #42BAC7

triadic

#42C792 #9242C7 #C79242

tetradic

#42C792 #5042C7 #C74277 #BAC742

square

#42C792 #5042C7 #C74277 #BAC742

split-complementary

#42C792 #C742BA #C75042

monochromatic

#216E4F #2F9D71 #42C792 #71D5AD #A0E3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42C792 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#42C792 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C792

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C792	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C792	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B98F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC95

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c792;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 146);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.139 162.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b2',
    500: '#42c792',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c792;
$custom-light: #86d9b2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c792",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 146
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.09,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74409,
    "c": 0.1391,
    "h": 162.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C792

secondary

#D095AC

accent

#4A85DE

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF5

border

#CBD3CF

text

#0C1510

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C792

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

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