#42C794#42C794

#42C794 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.137 H 163.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C794
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 148)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(157, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 25.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.32, -47.96, 15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.32, 50.31, 162.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.46% -0.1319 0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(74.46% 0.137 163.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0126, 44.1401, 35.0548)
Luminance	0.4414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C794 #C74275

analogous

#42C751 #42C794 #42B8C7

triadic

#42C794 #9442C7 #C79442

tetradic

#42C794 #5142C7 #C74275 #B8C742

square

#42C794 #5142C7 #C74275 #B8C742

split-complementary

#42C794 #C742B8 #C75142

monochromatic

#216E50 #2F9D73 #42C794 #71D5AF #A0E3C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#42C794 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#42C794 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C794

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C794	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C794	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2AC97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c794;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.137 163.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b3',
    500: '#42c794',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c794;
$custom-light: #86d9b3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c794",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.992,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74458,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 163.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C794

secondary

#D095AC

accent

#4A83DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C794

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

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