#42C795#42C795

#42C795 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.137 H 164.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#42C795
RGBrgb(66, 199, 149)
HSLhsl(157, 54%, 52%)
HSVhsv(157, 67%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(66.8%, 0%, 25.1%, 22%)
CIE-LABlab(72.34, -47.73, 14.70)
CIE-LCHlch(72.34, 49.94, 162.89°)
OKLaboklab(74.48% -0.1314 0.0375)
OKLCHoklch(74.48% 0.137 164.1)
XYZxyz(28.0921, 44.1719, 35.4735)
Luminance0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#42C795 #C74274
analogous
#42C753 #42C795 #42B6C7
triadic
#42C795 #9542C7 #C79542
tetradic
#42C795 #5342C7 #C74274 #B6C742
square
#42C795 #5342C7 #C74274 #B6C742
split-complementary
#42C795 #C742B6 #C75342
monochromatic
#216E51 #2F9D74 #42C795 #71D5AF #A0E3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14
#42C795 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83
#42C795 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C795
9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##42C795#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##42C7951.002.149.839.83
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8321.001.001.00
##0000009.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3B992
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2AC98
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C7B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #42c795;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.137 164.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b4',
    500: '#42c795',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #42c795;
$custom-light: #86d9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#42c795",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.444,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74482,
    "c": 0.13667,
    "h": 164.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#42C795
secondary
#D095AB
accent
#4A82DE
background
#F8FDFB
surface
#F0FAF6
border
#CBD3D0
text
#0C1511
muted
#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C795

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#42C795 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva