#42C796#42C796

#42C796 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.136 H 164.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42C796
RGB	rgb(66, 199, 150)
HSL	hsl(158, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(158, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 0%, 24.6%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -47.51, 14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 49.58, 163.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.1309 0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.136 164.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1722, 44.2040, 35.8958)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42C796 #C74273

analogous

#42C754 #42C796 #42B6C7

triadic

#42C796 #9642C7 #C79642

tetradic

#42C796 #5442C7 #C74273 #B6C742

square

#42C796 #5442C7 #C74273 #B6C742

split-complementary

#42C796 #C742B6 #C75442

monochromatic

#216E51 #2F9D74 #42C796 #71D5B0 #A0E3CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#42C796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#42C796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42C796

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42C796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42C796	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B993

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AC99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42c796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 199, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.136 164.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86d9b5',
    500: '#42c796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42c796;
$custom-light: #86d9b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42c796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.895,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74507,
    "c": 0.13587,
    "h": 164.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42C796

secondary

#D095AB

accent

#4A80DE

background

#F8FDFB

surface

#F0FAF6

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0C1511

muted

#7D8380

Preview Lab

Preview with #42C796

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

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