#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
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 149)
HSL	hsl(157, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(157, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 25.1%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -47.73, 14.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 49.94, 162.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.48% -0.1314 0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(74.48% 0.137 164.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0921, 44.1719, 35.4735)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##42C795	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)

#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

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

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